#3C8CC3#3C8CC3

#3C8CC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.114 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CC3
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 195)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -6.53, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 36.26, 259.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0534 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.114 242)
XYZ	xyz(21.0881, 23.6547, 55.0736)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CC3 #C3733C

analogous

#3CC3B6 #3C8CC3 #3C49C3

triadic

#3C8CC3 #C33C8C #8CC33C

tetradic

#3C8CC3 #B63CC3 #C3733C #49C33C

square

#3C8CC3 #B63CC3 #C3733C #49C33C

split-complementary

#3C8CC3 #C33C49 #C3B63C

monochromatic

#1F4965 #2E6A94 #3C8CC3 #6BA8D1 #9AC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3C8CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3C8CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CC3

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CC3	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.114 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add5',
    500: '#3c8cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cc3;
$custom-light: #81add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61511,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.23657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CC3

secondary

#CCA88F

accent

#864BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CC3

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

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