#3C8CC6#3C8CC6

#3C8CC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.117 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CC6
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -5.50, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 37.55, 261.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0525 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.117 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4307, 23.7917, 56.8779)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CC6 #C6763C

analogous

#3CC6BB #3C8CC6 #3C47C6

triadic

#3C8CC6 #C63C8C #8CC63C

tetradic

#3C8CC6 #BB3CC6 #C6763C #47C63C

square

#3C8CC6 #BB3CC6 #C6763C #47C63C

split-complementary

#3C8CC6 #C63C47 #C6BB3C

monochromatic

#1F4A69 #2D6B98 #3C8CC6 #6BA8D4 #9BC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3C8CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#3C8CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CC6

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CC6	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.117 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add7',
    500: '#3c8cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cc6;
$custom-light: #82add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61666,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CC6

secondary

#CEAA90

accent

#884ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CC6

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

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