#3C8CAF#3C8CAF

#3C8CAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.094 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CAF
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 175)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -13.27, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 28.84, 242.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0603 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.094 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9764, 22.8100, 43.9518)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CAF #AF5F3C

analogous

#3CAF98 #3C8CAF #3C52AF

triadic

#3C8CAF #AF3C8C #8CAF3C

tetradic

#3C8CAF #983CAF #AF5F3C #52AF3C

square

#3C8CAF #983CAF #AF5F3C #52AF3C

split-complementary

#3C8CAF #AF3C52 #AF983C

monochromatic

#1D4354 #2C6881 #3C8CAF #60A9C8 #8DC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3C8CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#3C8CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CAF

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CAF	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.094 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc7',
    500: '#3c8caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8caf;
$custom-light: #7eadc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60539,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CAF

secondary

#C39784

accent

#794FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CAF

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

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