#3C8BBB#3C8BBB

#3C8BBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.106 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BBB
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -8.69, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 33.29, 254.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.055 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.106 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0623, 23.0116, 50.3884)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BBB #BB6C3C

analogous

#3CBBAB #3C8BBB #3C4BBB

triadic

#3C8BBB #BB3C8B #8BBB3C

tetradic

#3C8BBB #AB3CBB #BB6C3C #4BBB3C

square

#3C8BBB #AB3CBB #BB6C3C #4BBB3C

split-complementary

#3C8BBB #BB3C4B #BBAB3C

monochromatic

#1E465E #2D698D #3C8BBB #66A7CE #95C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3C8BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BBB

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BBB	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.106 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80accf',
    500: '#3c8bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bbb;
$custom-light: #80accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.677,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60873,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BBB

secondary

#C8A28B

accent

#834DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BBB

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

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