#3C8DAD#3C8DAD

#3C8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.092 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DAD
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -14.48, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 28.13, 239.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0622 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.092 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9282, 23.0256, 42.9739)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DAD #AD5C3C

analogous

#3CAD94 #3C8DAD #3C54AD

triadic

#3C8DAD #AD3C8D #8DAD3C

tetradic

#3C8DAD #943CAD #AD5C3C #54AD3C

square

#3C8DAD #943CAD #AD5C3C #54AD3C

split-complementary

#3C8DAD #AD3C54 #AD943C

monochromatic

#1C4352 #2C6880 #3C8DAD #5FAAC7 #8CC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3C8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DAD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DAD	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.092 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec5',
    500: '#3c8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dad;
$custom-light: #7eaec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.991,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6069,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DAD

secondary

#C29583

accent

#7650D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DAD

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

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