#3C8CA0#3C8CA0

#3C8CA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.083 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CA0
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, -18.09, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 25.44, 224.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0662 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.083 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5842, 22.2531, 36.6195)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CA0 #A0503C

analogous

#3CA082 #3C8CA0 #3C5AA0

triadic

#3C8CA0 #A03C8C #8CA03C

tetradic

#3C8CA0 #823CA0 #A0503C #5AA03C

square

#3C8CA0 #823CA0 #A0503C #5AA03C

split-complementary

#3C8CA0 #A03C5A #A0823C

monochromatic

#1B3E47 #2B6573 #3C8CA0 #59ACC1 #85C2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#3C8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#3C8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CA0

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CA0	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F88A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.083 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadbc',
    500: '#3c8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ca0;
$custom-light: #7cadbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59882,
    "c": 0.08278,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CA0

secondary

#BB897C

accent

#6D53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CA0

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

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