#3C8BB9#3C8BB9

#3C8BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.104 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BB9
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -9.37, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 32.52, 253.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.0557 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.104 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8497, 22.9266, 49.2687)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BB9 #B96A3C

analogous

#3CB9A8 #3C8BB9 #3C4DB9

triadic

#3C8BB9 #B93C8B #8BB93C

tetradic

#3C8BB9 #A83CB9 #B96A3C #4DB93C

square

#3C8BB9 #A83CB9 #B96A3C #4DB93C

split-complementary

#3C8BB9 #B93C4D #B9A83C

monochromatic

#1E465D #2D688B #3C8BB9 #65A7CD #93C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3C8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3C8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BB9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BB9	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.104 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acce',
    500: '#3c8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bb9;
$custom-light: #80acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.08,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60774,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BB9

secondary

#C7A089

accent

#814DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BB9

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

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