#3C8CA2#3C8CA2

#3C8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.084 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CA2
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -17.46, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 25.75, 227.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0654 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.084 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7605, 22.3236, 37.5483)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CA2 #A2523C

analogous

#3CA285 #3C8CA2 #3C59A2

triadic

#3C8CA2 #A23C8C #8CA23C

tetradic

#3C8CA2 #853CA2 #A2523C #59A23C

square

#3C8CA2 #853CA2 #A2523C #59A23C

split-complementary

#3C8CA2 #A23C59 #A2853C

monochromatic

#1B3F49 #2B6575 #3C8CA2 #59ABC2 #86C2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#3C8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#3C8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CA2

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CA2	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.084 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadbd',
    500: '#3c8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ca2;
$custom-light: #7dadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59966,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CA2

secondary

#BC8B7D

accent

#6F52D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CA2

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

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