#3C8CC8#3C8CC8

#3C8CC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.120 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CC8
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -4.81, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 38.43, 262.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0519 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.12 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6629, 23.8846, 58.1009)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CC8 #C8783C

analogous

#3CC8BE #3C8CC8 #3C46C8

triadic

#3C8CC8 #C83C8C #8CC83C

tetradic

#3C8CC8 #BE3CC8 #C8783C #46C83C

square

#3C8CC8 #BE3CC8 #C8783C #46C83C

split-complementary

#3C8CC8 #C83C46 #C8BE3C

monochromatic

#1E4A6B #2C6B9B #3C8CC8 #6CA8D5 #9BC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3C8CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#3C8CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CC8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CC8	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.120 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add9',
    500: '#3c8cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cc8;
$custom-light: #82add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6177,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CC8

secondary

#CFAB91

accent

#8949DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CC8

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

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