#3C8CB4#3C8CB4

#3C8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.098 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CB4
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -11.61, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 30.45, 247.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.0585 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.098 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4766, 23.0100, 46.5861)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CB4 #B4643C

analogous

#3CB4A0 #3C8CB4 #3C50B4

triadic

#3C8CB4 #B43C8C #8CB43C

tetradic

#3C8CB4 #A03CB4 #B4643C #50B43C

square

#3C8CB4 #A03CB4 #B4643C #50B43C

split-complementary

#3C8CB4 #B43C50 #B4A03C

monochromatic

#1D4558 #2D6886 #3C8CB4 #62A8CB #90C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3C8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CB4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CB4	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.098 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadca',
    500: '#3c8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cb4;
$custom-light: #7fadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60772,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CB4

secondary

#C59C87

accent

#7D4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CB4

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

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