#3C8DA4#3C8DA4

#3C8DA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.085 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DA4
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -17.37, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 26.11, 228.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0657 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.085 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0865, 22.6889, 38.5410)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DA4 #A4533C

analogous

#3CA487 #3C8DA4 #3C59A4

triadic

#3C8DA4 #A43C8D #8DA43C

tetradic

#3C8DA4 #873CA4 #A4533C #59A43C

square

#3C8DA4 #873CA4 #A4533C #59A43C

split-complementary

#3C8DA4 #A43C59 #A4873C

monochromatic

#1B404A #2C6677 #3C8DA4 #5AACC3 #87C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#3C8DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#3C8DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DA4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DA4	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.085 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daebf',
    500: '#3c8da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8da4;
$custom-light: #7daebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.269,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60296,
    "c": 0.08518,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DA4

secondary

#BD8C7E

accent

#6F52D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DA4

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

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