#3C8BC8#3C8BC8

#3C8BC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.120 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BC8
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -4.23, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 38.82, 263.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0509 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.12 245)
XYZ	xyz(21.5175, 23.5937, 58.0524)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BC8 #C8793C

analogous

#3CC8BF #3C8BC8 #3C45C8

triadic

#3C8BC8 #C83C8B #8BC83C

tetradic

#3C8BC8 #BF3CC8 #C8793C #45C83C

square

#3C8BC8 #BF3CC8 #C8793C #45C83C

split-complementary

#3C8BC8 #C83C45 #C8BF3C

monochromatic

#1E4A6B #2C6B9B #3C8BC8 #6CA7D5 #9BC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3C8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3C8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BC8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BC8	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.120 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd9',
    500: '#3c8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bc8;
$custom-light: #82acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61538,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.23596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BC8

secondary

#CFAC91

accent

#8A49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BC8

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

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