#3C8BBD#3C8BBD

#3C8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.108 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BBD
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -8.01, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 34.10, 256.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0544 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.108 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2779, 23.0978, 51.5239)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BBD #BD6E3C

analogous

#3CBDAF #3C8BBD #3C4BBD

triadic

#3C8BBD #BD3C8B #8BBD3C

tetradic

#3C8BBD #AF3CBD #BD6E3C #4BBD3C

square

#3C8BBD #AF3CBD #BD6E3C #4BBD3C

split-complementary

#3C8BBD #BD3C4B #BDAF3C

monochromatic

#1F4760 #2D698F #3C8BBD #67A7CF #96C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3C8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3C8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BBD

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BBD	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.108 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd1',
    500: '#3c8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bbd;
$custom-light: #80acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60972,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BBD

secondary

#C9A48C

accent

#844DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BBD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →