#3C8CB5#3C8CB5

#3C8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.099 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CB5
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -11.28, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 30.80, 248.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0581 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.099 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5788, 23.0509, 47.1245)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CB5 #B5653C

analogous

#3CB5A2 #3C8CB5 #3C4FB5

triadic

#3C8CB5 #B53C8C #8CB53C

tetradic

#3C8CB5 #A23CB5 #B5653C #4FB53C

square

#3C8CB5 #A23CB5 #B5653C #4FB53C

split-complementary

#3C8CB5 #B53C4F #B5A23C

monochromatic

#1E4559 #2D6887 #3C8CB5 #63A8CB #91C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3C8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3C8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CB5

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CB5	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.099 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadcb',
    500: '#3c8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cb5;
$custom-light: #7fadcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.331,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60819,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CB5

secondary

#C69C87

accent

#7D4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CB5

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

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