#3C8BCE#3C8BCE

#3C8BCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.128 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BCE
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -2.13, -41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 41.58, 267.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0491 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.128 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2325, 23.8797, 61.8181)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BCE #CE7F3C

analogous

#3CCEC8 #3C8BCE #3C42CE

triadic

#3C8BCE #CE3C8B #8BCE3C

tetradic

#3C8BCE #C83CCE #CE7F3C #42CE3C

square

#3C8BCE #C83CCE #CE7F3C #42CE3C

split-complementary

#3C8BCE #CE3C42 #CEC83C

monochromatic

#1D4B73 #296BA4 #3C8BCE #6DA8DA #9EC5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3C8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#3C8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BCE

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BCE	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.128 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acdd',
    500: '#3c8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bce;
$custom-light: #83acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.534,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6186,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BCE

secondary

#D3B093

accent

#8D45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BCE

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

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