#3C8AC1#3C8AC1

#3C8AC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.113 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AC1
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 193)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 28.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -6.07, -35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 36.11, 260.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.052 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.113 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5739, 22.9857, 53.7941)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AC1 #C1733C

analogous

#3CC1B6 #3C8AC1 #3C48C1

triadic

#3C8AC1 #C13C8A #8AC13C

tetradic

#3C8AC1 #B63CC1 #C1733C #48C13C

square

#3C8AC1 #B63CC1 #C1733C #48C13C

split-complementary

#3C8AC1 #C13C48 #C1B63C

monochromatic

#1F4764 #2D6992 #3C8AC1 #6AA6D1 #98C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8AC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3C8AC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AC1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AC1	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ac1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.113 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd4',
    500: '#3c8ac1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ac1;
$custom-light: #81acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ac1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.812,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60941,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AC1

secondary

#CBA78E

accent

#874CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AC1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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