#3C8DAE#3C8DAE

#3C8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.093 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DAE
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -14.15, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 28.41, 240.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0618 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.093 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0253, 23.0644, 43.4854)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DAE #AE5D3C

analogous

#3CAE96 #3C8DAE #3C54AE

triadic

#3C8DAE #AE3C8D #8DAE3C

tetradic

#3C8DAE #963CAE #AE5D3C #54AE3C

square

#3C8DAE #963CAE #AE5D3C #54AE3C

split-complementary

#3C8DAE #AE3C54 #AE963C

monochromatic

#1D4353 #2C6880 #3C8DAE #5FAAC8 #8DC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3C8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3C8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DAE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DAE	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.093 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec6',
    500: '#3c8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dae;
$custom-light: #7eaec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60735,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DAE

secondary

#C29683

accent

#7750D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DAE

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

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