#3C8BB4#3C8BB4

#3C8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.099 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BB4
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -11.05, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 30.68, 248.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% -0.0575 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.099 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3311, 22.7191, 46.5376)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BB4 #B4653C

analogous

#3CB4A1 #3C8BB4 #3C4FB4

triadic

#3C8BB4 #B43C8B #8BB43C

tetradic

#3C8BB4 #A13CB4 #B4653C #4FB43C

square

#3C8BB4 #A13CB4 #B4653C #4FB43C

split-complementary

#3C8BB4 #B43C4F #B4A13C

monochromatic

#1D4458 #2D6886 #3C8BB4 #62A7CB #90C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#3C8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#3C8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BB4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BB4	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.099 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facca',
    500: '#3c8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bb4;
$custom-light: #7facca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60533,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BB4

secondary

#C59C87

accent

#7E4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BB4

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

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