#3C8BB6#3C8BB6

#3C8BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.101 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BB6
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -10.38, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 31.39, 250.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0567 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.101 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5363, 22.8012, 47.6184)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BB6 #B6673C

analogous

#3CB6A4 #3C8BB6 #3C4EB6

triadic

#3C8BB6 #B63C8B #8BB63C

tetradic

#3C8BB6 #A43CB6 #B6673C #4EB63C

square

#3C8BB6 #A43CB6 #B6673C #4EB63C

split-complementary

#3C8BB6 #B63C4E #B6A43C

monochromatic

#1E455A #2D6888 #3C8BB6 #63A7CC #91C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3C8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#3C8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BB6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BB6	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.101 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faccc',
    500: '#3c8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bb6;
$custom-light: #7faccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.148,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60629,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BB6

secondary

#C69E88

accent

#7F4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BB6

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

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