#3C8CA9#3C8CA9

#3C8CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.089 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CA9
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -15.22, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 27.20, 235.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0626 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.089 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4001, 22.5795, 40.9170)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CA9 #A9593C

analogous

#3CA98F #3C8CA9 #3C56A9

triadic

#3C8CA9 #A93C8C #8CA93C

tetradic

#3C8CA9 #8F3CA9 #A9593C #56A93C

square

#3C8CA9 #8F3CA9 #A9593C #56A93C

split-complementary

#3C8CA9 #A93C56 #A98F3C

monochromatic

#1C414F #2C677C #3C8CA9 #5DAAC5 #8AC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3C8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#3C8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CA9

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CA9	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.089 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc2',
    500: '#3c8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ca9;
$custom-light: #7dadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.963,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60269,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CA9

secondary

#C09281

accent

#7451D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CA9

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

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