#3C8CBF#3C8CBF

#3C8CBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.110 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CBF
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 191)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -7.90, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 34.59, 256.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0547 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.11 240)
XYZ	xyz(20.6419, 23.4762, 52.7236)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CBF #BF6F3C

analogous

#3CBFB1 #3C8CBF #3C4BBF

triadic

#3C8CBF #BF3C8C #8CBF3C

tetradic

#3C8CBF #B13CBF #BF6F3C #4BBF3C

square

#3C8CBF #B13CBF #BF6F3C #4BBF3C

split-complementary

#3C8CBF #BF3C4B #BFB13C

monochromatic

#1F4862 #2D6A90 #3C8CBF #68A8D0 #97C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3C8CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#3C8CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CBF

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CBF	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.110 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add2',
    500: '#3c8cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cbf;
$custom-light: #81add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.359,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61308,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.23478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CBF

secondary

#CAA58D

accent

#844CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CBF

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

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