#3C8CB2#3C8CB2

#3C8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.096 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CB2
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -12.28, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 29.78, 245.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0592 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.096 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2743, 22.9291, 45.5208)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CB2 #B2623C

analogous

#3CB29D #3C8CB2 #3C51B2

triadic

#3C8CB2 #B23C8C #8CB23C

tetradic

#3C8CB2 #9D3CB2 #B2623C #51B23C

square

#3C8CB2 #9D3CB2 #B2623C #51B23C

split-complementary

#3C8CB2 #B23C51 #B29D3C

monochromatic

#1D4456 #2D6884 #3C8CB2 #61A8CA #8FC1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3C8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3C8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CB2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CB2	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.096 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc9',
    500: '#3c8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cb2;
$custom-light: #7fadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.322,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60678,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CB2

secondary

#C49A86

accent

#7B4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CB2

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

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