#3C8D9E#3C8D9E

#3C8D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.082 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8D9E
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -19.25, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 25.27, 220.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0681 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.082 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5574, 22.4772, 35.7544)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8D9E #9E4D3C

analogous

#3C9E7E #3C8D9E #3C5C9E

triadic

#3C8D9E #9E3C8D #8D9E3C

tetradic

#3C8D9E #7E3C9E #9E4D3C #5C9E3C

square

#3C8D9E #7E3C9E #9E4D3C #5C9E3C

split-complementary

#3C8D9E #9E3C5C #9E7E3C

monochromatic

#1A3E45 #2B6572 #3C8D9E #58ADBF #84C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#3C8D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#3C8D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8D9E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8D9E	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.082 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caeba',
    500: '#3c8d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8d9e;
$custom-light: #7caeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.408,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60046,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8D9E

secondary

#BA867B

accent

#6A53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8D9E

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

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