#3C8CA8#3C8CA8

#3C8CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.088 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CA8
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -15.55, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 26.96, 234.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.063 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.088 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3066, 22.5421, 40.4245)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CA8 #A8583C

analogous

#3CA88E #3C8CA8 #3C56A8

triadic

#3C8CA8 #A83C8C #8CA83C

tetradic

#3C8CA8 #8E3CA8 #A8583C #56A83C

square

#3C8CA8 #8E3CA8 #A8583C #56A83C

split-complementary

#3C8CA8 #A83C56 #A88E3C

monochromatic

#1C414E #2C667B #3C8CA8 #5CAAC5 #89C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3C8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3C8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CA8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CA8	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.088 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc2',
    500: '#3c8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ca8;
$custom-light: #7dadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60225,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CA8

secondary

#BF9180

accent

#7451D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CA8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →