#3C8CA7#3C8CA7

#3C8CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.087 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CA7
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, -15.87, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 26.73, 233.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% -0.0634 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.087 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2138, 22.5050, 39.9357)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CA7 #A7573C

analogous

#3CA78D #3C8CA7 #3C57A7

triadic

#3C8CA7 #A73C8C #8CA73C

tetradic

#3C8CA7 #8D3CA7 #A7573C #57A73C

square

#3C8CA7 #8D3CA7 #A7573C #57A73C

split-complementary

#3C8CA7 #A73C57 #A78D3C

monochromatic

#1C414D #2C667A #3C8CA7 #5CAAC4 #89C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#3C8CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#3C8CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CA7

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CA7	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.087 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc1',
    500: '#3c8ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ca7;
$custom-light: #7dadc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.14,
    "s": 47.137,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60181,
    "c": 0.08726,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CA7

secondary

#BF9080

accent

#7351D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CA7

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

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