#3C8DA9#3C8DA9

#3C8DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.089 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DA9
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -15.77, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 27.13, 234.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0637 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.089 224)
XYZ	xyz(18.5469, 22.8730, 40.9659)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DA9 #A9583C

analogous

#3CA98F #3C8DA9 #3C56A9

triadic

#3C8DA9 #A93C8D #8DA93C

tetradic

#3C8DA9 #8F3CA9 #A9583C #56A93C

square

#3C8DA9 #8F3CA9 #A9583C #56A93C

split-complementary

#3C8DA9 #A93C56 #A98F3C

monochromatic

#1C424F #2C677C #3C8DA9 #5DABC5 #8AC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3C8DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#3C8DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DA9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DA9	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)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.089 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec2',
    500: '#3c8da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8da9;
$custom-light: #7eaec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.413,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60512,
    "c": 0.08859,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.22875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DA9

secondary

#C09181

accent

#7351D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DA9

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

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