#3C8CB3#3C8CB3

#3C8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.097 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CB3
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -11.95, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 30.11, 246.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0589 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.097 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3751, 22.9694, 46.0515)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CB3 #B3633C

analogous

#3CB39F #3C8CB3 #3C51B3

triadic

#3C8CB3 #B33C8C #8CB33C

tetradic

#3C8CB3 #9F3CB3 #B3633C #51B33C

square

#3C8CB3 #9F3CB3 #B3633C #51B33C

split-complementary

#3C8CB3 #B33C51 #B39F3C

monochromatic

#1D4457 #2D6885 #3C8CB3 #62A8CA #90C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3C8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CB3

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CB3	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#798AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.097 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadca',
    500: '#3c8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cb3;
$custom-light: #7fadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.664,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60725,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CB3

secondary

#C59B86

accent

#7C4ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CB3

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

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