#3C8DAC#3C8DAC

#3C8DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.091 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DAC
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -14.80, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 27.86, 237.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0625 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.091 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8318, 22.9870, 42.4662)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DAC #AC5B3C

analogous

#3CAC93 #3C8DAC #3C55AC

triadic

#3C8DAC #AC3C8D #8DAC3C

tetradic

#3C8DAC #933CAC #AC5B3C #55AC3C

square

#3C8DAC #933CAC #AC5B3C #55AC3C

split-complementary

#3C8DAC #AC3C55 #AC933C

monochromatic

#1C4351 #2C687F #3C8DAC #5EAAC7 #8CC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3C8DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DAC

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DAC	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.091 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec4',
    500: '#3c8dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dac;
$custom-light: #7eaec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.607,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.09088,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DAC

secondary

#C19482

accent

#7650D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DAC

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

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