#3C8BB2#3C8BB2

#3C8BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.097 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BB2
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -11.72, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 29.99, 247.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0582 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.097 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1288, 22.6382, 45.4723)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BB2 #B2633C

analogous

#3CB29E #3C8BB2 #3C50B2

triadic

#3C8BB2 #B23C8B #8BB23C

tetradic

#3C8BB2 #9E3CB2 #B2633C #50B23C

square

#3C8BB2 #9E3CB2 #B2633C #50B23C

split-complementary

#3C8BB2 #B23C50 #B29E3C

monochromatic

#1D4456 #2D6784 #3C8BB2 #61A7CA #8FC1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3C8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#3C8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BB2

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BB2	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.097 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facc9',
    500: '#3c8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bb2;
$custom-light: #7facc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.831,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60438,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BB2

secondary

#C49A86

accent

#7C4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BB2

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

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