#3C8CB8#3C8CB8

#3C8CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.102 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CB8
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -10.27, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 31.87, 251.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0571 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.102 236)
XYZ	xyz(19.8899, 23.1754, 48.7632)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CB8 #B8683C

analogous

#3CB8A6 #3C8CB8 #3C4EB8

triadic

#3C8CB8 #B83C8C #8CB83C

tetradic

#3C8CB8 #A63CB8 #B8683C #4EB83C

square

#3C8CB8 #A63CB8 #B8683C #4EB83C

split-complementary

#3C8CB8 #B83C4E #B8A63C

monochromatic

#1E465C #2D698A #3C8CB8 #65A8CD #93C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3C8CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3C8CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CB8

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CB8	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.102 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadcd',
    500: '#3c8cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cb8;
$custom-light: #7fadcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60963,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.23178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CB8

secondary

#C79F89

accent

#7F4DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CB8

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

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