#3C8BA2#3C8BA2

#3C8BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.084 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BA2
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -16.92, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 25.74, 228.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0643 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.084 220)
XYZ	xyz(17.6151, 22.0327, 37.4998)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BA2 #A2533C

analogous

#3CA286 #3C8BA2 #3C58A2

triadic

#3C8BA2 #A23C8B #8BA23C

tetradic

#3C8BA2 #863CA2 #A2533C #58A23C

square

#3C8BA2 #863CA2 #A2533C #58A23C

split-complementary

#3C8BA2 #A23C58 #A2863C

monochromatic

#1B3E49 #2B6575 #3C8BA2 #59AAC2 #86C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#3C8BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#3C8BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BA2

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BA2	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.084 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadbd',
    500: '#3c8ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ba2;
$custom-light: #7dadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.529,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5972,
    "c": 0.08393,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.22035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BA2

secondary

#BC8C7D

accent

#7052D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BA2

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

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