#3C8BB0#3C8BB0

#3C8BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.095 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BB0
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -12.38, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 29.33, 245.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0589 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.095 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9295, 22.5585, 44.4225)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BB0 #B0613C

analogous

#3CB09B #3C8BB0 #3C51B0

triadic

#3C8BB0 #B03C8B #8BB03C

tetradic

#3C8BB0 #9B3CB0 #B0613C #51B03C

square

#3C8BB0 #9B3CB0 #B0613C #51B03C

split-complementary

#3C8BB0 #B03C51 #B09B3C

monochromatic

#1D4355 #2C6782 #3C8BB0 #60A8C9 #8EC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3C8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3C8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BB0

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BB0	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.095 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc7',
    500: '#3c8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bb0;
$custom-light: #7eacc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60344,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BB0

secondary

#C39985

accent

#7B4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BB0

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

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