#3C8CB1#3C8CB1

#3C8CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.095 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CB1
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -12.61, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 29.46, 244.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0596 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.095 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1743, 22.8891, 44.9940)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CB1 #B1613C

analogous

#3CB19C #3C8CB1 #3C52B1

triadic

#3C8CB1 #B13C8C #8CB13C

tetradic

#3C8CB1 #9C3CB1 #B1613C #52B13C

square

#3C8CB1 #9C3CB1 #B1613C #52B13C

split-complementary

#3C8CB1 #B13C52 #B19C3C

monochromatic

#1D4456 #2D6883 #3C8CB1 #61A8C9 #8FC1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3C8CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3C8CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CB1

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CB1	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.095 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc8',
    500: '#3c8cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cb1;
$custom-light: #7fadc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.974,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60632,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CB1

secondary

#C49985

accent

#7B4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CB1

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

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