#3C8CC2#3C8CC2

#3C8CC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.113 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CC2
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -6.88, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 35.83, 258.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0537 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.113 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9754, 23.6096, 54.4801)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CC2 #C2723C

analogous

#3CC2B5 #3C8CC2 #3C49C2

triadic

#3C8CC2 #C23C8C #8CC23C

tetradic

#3C8CC2 #B53CC2 #C2723C #49C23C

square

#3C8CC2 #B53CC2 #C2723C #49C23C

split-complementary

#3C8CC2 #C23C49 #C2B53C

monochromatic

#1F4965 #2E6A93 #3C8CC2 #6AA8D1 #99C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3C8CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3C8CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CC2

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CC2	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.113 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add4',
    500: '#3c8cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cc2;
$custom-light: #81add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6146,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CC2

secondary

#CBA78F

accent

#864CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CC2

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

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