#3C8BC3#3C8BC3

#3C8BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.115 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BC3
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, -5.96, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 36.61, 260.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0524 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.115 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9427, 23.3638, 55.0251)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BC3 #C3743C

analogous

#3CC3B8 #3C8BC3 #3C47C3

triadic

#3C8BC3 #C33C8B #8BC33C

tetradic

#3C8BC3 #B83CC3 #C3743C #47C33C

square

#3C8BC3 #B83CC3 #C3743C #47C33C

split-complementary

#3C8BC3 #C33C47 #C3B83C

monochromatic

#1F4865 #2E6A94 #3C8BC3 #6BA7D1 #9AC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3C8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3C8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BC3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BC3	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.115 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd5',
    500: '#3c8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bc3;
$custom-light: #81acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.889,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61277,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BC3

secondary

#CCA88F

accent

#884BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BC3

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

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