#3C8CAA#3C8CAA

#3C8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.090 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CAA
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -14.90, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 27.45, 237.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0622 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.09 226)
XYZ	xyz(18.4944, 22.6172, 41.4133)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CAA #AA5A3C

analogous

#3CAA91 #3C8CAA #3C55AA

triadic

#3C8CAA #AA3C8C #8CAA3C

tetradic

#3C8CAA #913CAA #AA5A3C #55AA3C

square

#3C8CAA #913CAA #AA5A3C #55AA3C

split-complementary

#3C8CAA #AA3C55 #AA913C

monochromatic

#1C4150 #2C677D #3C8CAA #5DA9C6 #8BC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3C8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#3C8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CAA

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CAA	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#7C89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.090 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc3',
    500: '#3c8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8caa;
$custom-light: #7eadc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60313,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.22619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CAA

secondary

#C09381

accent

#7550D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CAA

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

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