#3C8CA5#3C8CA5

#3C8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.086 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CA5
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -16.51, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 26.30, 231.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0642 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.086 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0304, 22.4316, 38.9695)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CA5 #A5553C

analogous

#3CA58A #3C8CA5 #3C58A5

triadic

#3C8CA5 #A53C8C #8CA53C

tetradic

#3C8CA5 #8A3CA5 #A5553C #58A53C

square

#3C8CA5 #8A3CA5 #A5553C #58A53C

split-complementary

#3C8CA5 #A53C58 #A58A3C

monochromatic

#1B404B #2C6678 #3C8CA5 #5BAAC3 #88C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#3C8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#3C8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CA5

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CA5	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.086 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadbf',
    500: '#3c8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ca5;
$custom-light: #7dadbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60094,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CA5

secondary

#BE8E7F

accent

#7151D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CA5

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

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