#3C8BAC#3C8BAC

#3C8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.091 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BAC
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -13.70, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 28.11, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0604 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.091 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5396, 22.4025, 42.3688)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BAC #AC5D3C

analogous

#3CAC95 #3C8BAC #3C53AC

triadic

#3C8BAC #AC3C8B #8BAC3C

tetradic

#3C8BAC #953CAC #AC5D3C #53AC3C

square

#3C8BAC #953CAC #AC5D3C #53AC3C

split-complementary

#3C8BAC #AC3C53 #AC953C

monochromatic

#1C4251 #2C667F #3C8BAC #5EA8C7 #8CC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#3C8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#3C8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BAC

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BAC	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.091 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc4',
    500: '#3c8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bac;
$custom-light: #7eadc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.679,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6016,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BAC

secondary

#C19582

accent

#7850D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BAC

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

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