#3C8BB1#3C8BB1

#3C8BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.096 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BB1
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -12.05, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 29.65, 246.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0585 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.096 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0288, 22.5982, 44.9455)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BB1 #B1623C

analogous

#3CB19D #3C8BB1 #3C51B1

triadic

#3C8BB1 #B13C8B #8BB13C

tetradic

#3C8BB1 #9D3CB1 #B1623C #51B13C

square

#3C8BB1 #9D3CB1 #B1623C #51B13C

split-complementary

#3C8BB1 #B13C51 #B19D3C

monochromatic

#1D4356 #2D6783 #3C8BB1 #61A7C9 #8FC1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3C8BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#3C8BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BB1

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BB1	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.096 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc8',
    500: '#3c8bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bb1;
$custom-light: #7eacc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.487,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60391,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BB1

secondary

#C49985

accent

#7C4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BB1

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

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