#3C8AC8#3C8AC8

#3C8AC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.121 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AC8
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -3.64, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 39.22, 264.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0499 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.121 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3733, 23.3054, 58.0044)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AC8 #C87A3C

analogous

#3CC8C0 #3C8AC8 #3C44C8

triadic

#3C8AC8 #C83C8A #8AC83C

tetradic

#3C8AC8 #C03CC8 #C87A3C #44C83C

square

#3C8AC8 #C03CC8 #C87A3C #44C83C

split-complementary

#3C8AC8 #C83C44 #C8C03C

monochromatic

#1E496B #2C6A9B #3C8AC8 #6CA7D5 #9BC3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3C8AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3C8AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AC8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AC8	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.121 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abd9',
    500: '#3c8ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ac8;
$custom-light: #82abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61307,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AC8

secondary

#CFAC91

accent

#8B49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AC8

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

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