#3C8BBA#3C8BBA

#3C8BBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.105 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BBA
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -9.03, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 32.90, 254.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0554 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.105 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9556, 22.9689, 49.8266)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BBA #BA6B3C

analogous

#3CBAAA #3C8BBA #3C4CBA

triadic

#3C8BBA #BA3C8B #8BBA3C

tetradic

#3C8BBA #AA3CBA #BA6B3C #4CBA3C

square

#3C8BBA #AA3CBA #BA6B3C #4CBA3C

split-complementary

#3C8BBA #BA3C4C #BAAA3C

monochromatic

#1E465D #2D688C #3C8BBA #66A7CE #94C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3C8BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BBA

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BBA	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.105 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80accf',
    500: '#3c8bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bba;
$custom-light: #80accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.381,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60823,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BBA

secondary

#C8A18A

accent

#824DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BBA

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

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