#3C8BAE#3C8BAE

#3C8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.093 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BAE
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -13.04, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 28.70, 242.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.0596 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.093 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7331, 22.4799, 43.3880)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BAE #AE5F3C

analogous

#3CAE98 #3C8BAE #3C52AE

triadic

#3C8BAE #AE3C8B #8BAE3C

tetradic

#3C8BAE #983CAE #AE5F3C #52AE3C

square

#3C8BAE #983CAE #AE5F3C #52AE3C

split-complementary

#3C8BAE #AE3C52 #AE983C

monochromatic

#1D4253 #2C6780 #3C8BAE #5FA8C8 #8DC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#3C8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#3C8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BAE

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BAE	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.093 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc6',
    500: '#3c8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bae;
$custom-light: #7eacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60252,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BAE

secondary

#C29783

accent

#7A50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BAE

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

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