#3C8BAD#3C8BAD

#3C8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.092 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BAD
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -13.37, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 28.40, 241.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.06 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.092 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6359, 22.4411, 42.8765)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BAD #AD5E3C

analogous

#3CAD96 #3C8BAD #3C52AD

triadic

#3C8BAD #AD3C8B #8BAD3C

tetradic

#3C8BAD #963CAD #AD5E3C #52AD3C

square

#3C8BAD #963CAD #AD5E3C #52AD3C

split-complementary

#3C8BAD #AD3C52 #AD963C

monochromatic

#1C4252 #2C6680 #3C8BAD #5FA8C7 #8CC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#3C8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#3C8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BAD

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BAD	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.092 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc5',
    500: '#3c8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bad;
$custom-light: #7eadc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60206,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BAD

secondary

#C29683

accent

#7950D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BAD

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

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