#3C8CC4#3C8CC4

#3C8CC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.115 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3C8CC4
RGBrgb(60, 140, 196)
HSLhsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(205, 69%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(55.79, -6.19, -36.16)
CIE-LCHlch(55.79, 36.68, 260.29°)
OKLaboklab(61.56% -0.0531 -0.1021)
OKLCHoklch(61.56% 0.115 242.5)
XYZxyz(21.2015, 23.7000, 55.6711)
Luminance0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3C8CC4 #C4743C
analogous
#3CC4B8 #3C8CC4 #3C48C4
triadic
#3C8CC4 #C43C8C #8CC43C
tetradic
#3C8CC4 #B83CC4 #C4743C #48C43C
square
#3C8CC4 #B83CC4 #C4743C #48C43C
split-complementary
#3C8CC4 #C43C48 #C4B83C
monochromatic
#1F4967 #2D6B96 #3C8CC4 #6BA8D2 #9AC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66
#3C8CC4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74
#3C8CC4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CC4
5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3C8CC4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3C8CC41.003.665.745.74
#FFFFFF3.661.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7421.001.001.00
##0000005.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#728DC7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6080C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009AA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3c8cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.115 242.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add6',
    500: '#3c8cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3c8cc4;
$custom-light: #81add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3c8cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61562,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3C8CC4
secondary
#CCA990
accent
#874BDD
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0C1014
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

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#3C8CC4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva