#3C8ACE#3C8ACE

#3C8ACE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.128 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8ACE
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -1.54, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 42.01, 267.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0482 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.128 248)
XYZ	xyz(22.0883, 23.5914, 61.7700)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8ACE #CE803C

analogous

#3CCEC9 #3C8ACE #3C41CE

triadic

#3C8ACE #CE3C8A #8ACE3C

tetradic

#3C8ACE #C93CCE #CE803C #41CE3C

square

#3C8ACE #C93CCE #CE803C #41CE3C

split-complementary

#3C8ACE #CE3C41 #CEC93C

monochromatic

#1D4B73 #296BA4 #3C8ACE #6DA7DA #9EC5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3C8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3C8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8ACE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8ACE	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.128 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abdd',
    500: '#3c8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ace;
$custom-light: #83abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.945,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61632,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.23594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8ACE

secondary

#D3B193

accent

#8E45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8ACE

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

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