#3C8BC4#3C8BC4

#3C8BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.116 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BC4
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -5.61, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 37.05, 261.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0521 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.116 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0561, 23.4091, 55.6226)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BC4 #C4753C

analogous

#3CC4B9 #3C8BC4 #3C47C4

triadic

#3C8BC4 #C43C8B #8BC43C

tetradic

#3C8BC4 #B93CC4 #C4753C #47C43C

square

#3C8BC4 #B93CC4 #C4753C #47C43C

split-complementary

#3C8BC4 #C43C47 #C4B93C

monochromatic

#1F4967 #2D6A96 #3C8BC4 #6BA7D2 #9AC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3C8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#3C8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BC4

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BC4	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.116 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd6',
    500: '#3c8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bc4;
$custom-light: #81acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61329,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BC4

secondary

#CCA990

accent

#884BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BC4

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

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