#3C8CA3#3C8CA3

#3C8CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.085 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CA3
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -17.14, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 25.92, 228.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.065 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.085 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8498, 22.3593, 38.0183)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CA3 #A3533C

analogous

#3CA386 #3C8CA3 #3C58A3

triadic

#3C8CA3 #A33C8C #8CA33C

tetradic

#3C8CA3 #863CA3 #A3533C #58A33C

square

#3C8CA3 #863CA3 #A3533C #58A33C

split-complementary

#3C8CA3 #A33C58 #A3863C

monochromatic

#1B3F4A #2C6676 #3C8CA3 #5AABC2 #87C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#3C8CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#3C8CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CA3

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CA3	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)

#7E88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.085 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadbe',
    500: '#3c8ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ca3;
$custom-light: #7dadbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.398,
    "s": 46.188,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60008,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CA3

secondary

#BD8C7E

accent

#6F52D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CA3

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

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