#3C8CBC#3C8CBC

#3C8CBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.106 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CBC
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -8.92, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 33.39, 254.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.0557 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.106 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3151, 23.3455, 51.0027)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CBC #BC6C3C

analogous

#3CBCAC #3C8CBC #3C4CBC

triadic

#3C8CBC #BC3C8C #8CBC3C

tetradic

#3C8CBC #AC3CBC #BC6C3C #4CBC3C

square

#3C8CBC #AC3CBC #BC6C3C #4CBC3C

split-complementary

#3C8CBC #BC3C4C #BCAC3C

monochromatic

#1E475F #2D698E #3C8CBC #67A8CE #95C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3C8CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3C8CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CBC

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CBC	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.106 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80add0',
    500: '#3c8cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cbc;
$custom-light: #80add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61159,
    "c": 0.10633,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CBC

secondary

#C9A28B

accent

#824DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CBC

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

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