#3C8AC4#3C8AC4

#3C8AC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.117 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AC4
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 196)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -5.03, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 37.42, 262.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0511 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.117 244)
XYZ	xyz(20.9120, 23.1209, 55.5745)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AC4 #C4763C

analogous

#3CC4BA #3C8AC4 #3C46C4

triadic

#3C8AC4 #C43C8A #8AC43C

tetradic

#3C8AC4 #BA3CC4 #C4763C #46C43C

square

#3C8AC4 #BA3CC4 #C4763C #46C43C

split-complementary

#3C8AC4 #C43C46 #C4BA3C

monochromatic

#1F4867 #2D6996 #3C8AC4 #6BA6D2 #9AC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3C8AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3C8AC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AC4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AC4	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.117 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abd6',
    500: '#3c8ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ac4;
$custom-light: #81abd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.588,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61096,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.23123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AC4

secondary

#CCA990

accent

#894BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AC4

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

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