#3C8BB8#3C8BB8

#3C8BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.103 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BB8
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -9.71, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 32.14, 252.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0561 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.103 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7445, 22.8845, 48.7147)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BB8 #B8693C

analogous

#3CB8A7 #3C8BB8 #3C4DB8

triadic

#3C8BB8 #B83C8B #8BB83C

tetradic

#3C8BB8 #A73CB8 #B8693C #4DB83C

square

#3C8BB8 #A73CB8 #B8693C #4DB83C

split-complementary

#3C8BB8 #B83C4D #B8A73C

monochromatic

#1E455C #2D688A #3C8BB8 #65A7CD #93C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3C8BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3C8BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BB8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BB8	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.103 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faccd',
    500: '#3c8bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bb8;
$custom-light: #7faccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.774,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60725,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BB8

secondary

#C79F89

accent

#814DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BB8

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

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