#3C8AC2#3C8AC2

#3C8AC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.114 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AC2
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 194)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -5.72, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 36.54, 260.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0517 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.114 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6858, 23.0304, 54.3836)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AC2 #C2743C

analogous

#3CC2B7 #3C8AC2 #3C47C2

triadic

#3C8AC2 #C23C8A #8AC23C

tetradic

#3C8AC2 #B73CC2 #C2743C #47C23C

square

#3C8AC2 #B73CC2 #C2743C #47C23C

split-complementary

#3C8AC2 #C23C47 #C2B73C

monochromatic

#1F4765 #2E6993 #3C8AC2 #6AA6D1 #99C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3C8AC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AC2

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AC2	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.114 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd4',
    500: '#3c8ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ac2;
$custom-light: #81acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60992,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AC2

secondary

#CBA88F

accent

#884CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AC2

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

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