#3C8DAA#3C8DAA

#3C8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.089 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DAA
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -15.45, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 27.36, 235.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0633 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.089 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6412, 22.9107, 41.4622)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DAA #AA593C

analogous

#3CAA90 #3C8DAA #3C56AA

triadic

#3C8DAA #AA3C8D #8DAA3C

tetradic

#3C8DAA #903CAA #AA593C #56AA3C

square

#3C8DAA #903CAA #AA593C #56AA3C

split-complementary

#3C8DAA #AA3C56 #AA903C

monochromatic

#1C4250 #2C677D #3C8DAA #5DAAC6 #8BC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3C8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3C8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DAA

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DAA	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.089 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec3',
    500: '#3c8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8daa;
$custom-light: #7eaec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60556,
    "c": 0.08933,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DAA

secondary

#C09281

accent

#7450D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DAA

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

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