#3C8BC9#3C8BC9

#3C8BC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.122 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BC9
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -3.88, -39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 39.27, 264.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0506 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.122 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6347, 23.6406, 58.6699)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BC9 #C97A3C

analogous

#3CC9C0 #3C8BC9 #3C44C9

triadic

#3C8BC9 #C93C8B #8BC93C

tetradic

#3C8BC9 #C03CC9 #C97A3C #44C93C

square

#3C8BC9 #C03CC9 #C97A3C #44C93C

split-complementary

#3C8BC9 #C93C44 #C9C03C

monochromatic

#1E4A6D #2B6B9C #3C8BC9 #6CA8D6 #9CC4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3C8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3C8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BC9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BC9	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.122 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd9',
    500: '#3c8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bc9;
$custom-light: #82acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.383,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61591,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BC9

secondary

#D0AD91

accent

#8B48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BC9

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

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