#3C8DA0#3C8DA0

#3C8DA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.083 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DA0
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -18.63, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 25.50, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0673 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.083 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7309, 22.5467, 36.6684)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DA0 #A04F3C

analogous

#3CA081 #3C8DA0 #3C5BA0

triadic

#3C8DA0 #A03C8D #8DA03C

tetradic

#3C8DA0 #813CA0 #A04F3C #5BA03C

square

#3C8DA0 #813CA0 #A04F3C #5BA03C

split-complementary

#3C8DA0 #A03C5B #A0813C

monochromatic

#1B3F47 #2B6673 #3C8DA0 #59ADC1 #85C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3C8DA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3C8DA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DA0

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DA0	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8da0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.083 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daebc',
    500: '#3c8da0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8da0;
$custom-light: #7daebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8da0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60129,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DA0

secondary

#BB887C

accent

#6B53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DA0

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

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