#3C8DA8#3C8DA8

#3C8DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.088 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DA8
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -16.09, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 26.90, 233.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0641 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.088 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4534, 22.8356, 40.4734)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DA8 #A8573C

analogous

#3CA88D #3C8DA8 #3C57A8

triadic

#3C8DA8 #A83C8D #8DA83C

tetradic

#3C8DA8 #8D3CA8 #A8573C #57A83C

square

#3C8DA8 #8D3CA8 #A8573C #57A83C

split-complementary

#3C8DA8 #A83C57 #A88D3C

monochromatic

#1C414E #2C677B #3C8DA8 #5CABC5 #89C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3C8DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#3C8DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DA8

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DA8	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.088 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daec2',
    500: '#3c8da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8da8;
$custom-light: #7daec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60469,
    "c": 0.08786,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DA8

secondary

#BF9080

accent

#7251D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DA8

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

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