#3C8AC9#3C8AC9

#3C8AC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.122 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AC9
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 31.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -3.30, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 39.68, 265.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0496 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.122 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4906, 23.3523, 58.6219)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AC9 #C97B3C

analogous

#3CC9C2 #3C8AC9 #3C43C9

triadic

#3C8AC9 #C93C8A #8AC93C

tetradic

#3C8AC9 #C23CC9 #C97B3C #43C93C

square

#3C8AC9 #C23CC9 #C97B3C #43C93C

split-complementary

#3C8AC9 #C93C43 #C9C23C

monochromatic

#1E496D #2B6A9C #3C8AC9 #6CA7D6 #9CC4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3C8AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3C8AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AC9

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AC9	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.122 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abd9',
    500: '#3c8ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ac9;
$custom-light: #82abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.809,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61361,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AC9

secondary

#D0AD91

accent

#8C48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AC9

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

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