#3C8AC7#3C8AC7

#3C8AC7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.120 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AC7
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 199)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -3.99, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 38.77, 264.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0502 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.12 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2568, 23.2588, 57.3909)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AC7 #C7793C

analogous

#3CC7BE #3C8AC7 #3C44C7

triadic

#3C8AC7 #C73C8A #8AC73C

tetradic

#3C8AC7 #BE3CC7 #C7793C #44C73C

square

#3C8AC7 #BE3CC7 #C7793C #44C73C

split-complementary

#3C8AC7 #C73C44 #C7BE3C

monochromatic

#1E496A #2C6A9A #3C8AC7 #6CA7D5 #9BC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3C8AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3C8AC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AC7

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AC7	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.120 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abd8',
    500: '#3c8ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ac7;
$custom-light: #82abd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.331,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61254,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AC7

secondary

#CEAC91

accent

#8B49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AC7

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

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