#3C8CB0#3C8CB0

#3C8CB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.095 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CB0
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 176)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -12.94, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 29.15, 243.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.06 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.095 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0750, 22.8494, 44.4710)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CB0 #B0603C

analogous

#3CB09A #3C8CB0 #3C52B0

triadic

#3C8CB0 #B03C8C #8CB03C

tetradic

#3C8CB0 #9A3CB0 #B0603C #52B03C

square

#3C8CB0 #9A3CB0 #B0603C #52B03C

split-complementary

#3C8CB0 #B03C52 #B09A3C

monochromatic

#1D4355 #2C6882 #3C8CB0 #60A8C9 #8EC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3C8CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#3C8CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CB0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CB0	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.095 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc7',
    500: '#3c8cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cb0;
$custom-light: #7eadc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60585,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CB0

secondary

#C39885

accent

#7A4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CB0

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

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