#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
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -6.19, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 36.68, 260.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0531 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.115 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2015, 23.7000, 55.6711)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##3C8CC4	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3C8CC4

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

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