#3C8BAA#3C8BAA

#3C8BAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.090 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BAA
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -14.35, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 27.55, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0611 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.09 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3489, 22.3263, 41.3648)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BAA #AA5B3C

analogous

#3CAA92 #3C8BAA #3C54AA

triadic

#3C8BAA #AA3C8B #8BAA3C

tetradic

#3C8BAA #923CAA #AA5B3C #54AA3C

square

#3C8BAA #923CAA #AA5B3C #54AA3C

split-complementary

#3C8BAA #AA3C54 #AA923C

monochromatic

#1C4150 #2C667D #3C8BAA #5DA8C6 #8BC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#3C8BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#3C8BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BAA

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BAA	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.090 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc3',
    500: '#3c8baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8baa;
$custom-light: #7eadc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6007,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BAA

secondary

#C09381

accent

#7650D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BAA

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

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