#3C8DA5#3C8DA5

#3C8DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.086 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DA5
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -17.05, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 26.29, 229.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0653 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.086 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1772, 22.7251, 39.0185)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DA5 #A5543C

analogous

#3CA589 #3C8DA5 #3C59A5

triadic

#3C8DA5 #A53C8D #8DA53C

tetradic

#3C8DA5 #893CA5 #A5543C #59A53C

square

#3C8DA5 #893CA5 #A5543C #59A53C

split-complementary

#3C8DA5 #A53C59 #A5893C

monochromatic

#1B404B #2C6778 #3C8DA5 #5BABC3 #88C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#3C8DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#3C8DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DA5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DA5	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.086 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daebf',
    500: '#3c8da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8da5;
$custom-light: #7daebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60339,
    "c": 0.08582,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DA5

secondary

#BE8D7F

accent

#7051D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DA5

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

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