#3C8CB7#3C8CB7

#3C8CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.101 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CB7
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -10.61, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 31.50, 250.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0574 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.101 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7855, 23.1336, 48.2131)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CB7 #B7673C

analogous

#3CB7A5 #3C8CB7 #3C4EB7

triadic

#3C8CB7 #B73C8C #8CB73C

tetradic

#3C8CB7 #A53CB7 #B7673C #4EB73C

square

#3C8CB7 #A53CB7 #B7673C #4EB73C

split-complementary

#3C8CB7 #B73C4E #B7A53C

monochromatic

#1E455B #2D6989 #3C8CB7 #64A8CC #92C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3C8CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3C8CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CB7

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CB7	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.101 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadcc',
    500: '#3c8cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cb7;
$custom-light: #7fadcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.976,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60915,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CB7

secondary

#C69E88

accent

#7F4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CB7

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

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