#3C8DB0#3C8DB0

#3C8DB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.094 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DB0
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 176)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -13.49, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 28.98, 242.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.061 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.094 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2217, 23.1430, 44.5199)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DB0 #B05F3C

analogous

#3CB099 #3C8DB0 #3C53B0

triadic

#3C8DB0 #B03C8D #8DB03C

tetradic

#3C8DB0 #993CB0 #B05F3C #53B03C

square

#3C8DB0 #993CB0 #B05F3C #53B03C

split-complementary

#3C8DB0 #B03C53 #B0993C

monochromatic

#1D4455 #2C6882 #3C8DB0 #60A9C9 #8EC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3C8DB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3C8DB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DB0

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DB0	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8db0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.094 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec7',
    500: '#3c8db0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8db0;
$custom-light: #7eaec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8db0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.103,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60826,
    "c": 0.09422,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DB0

secondary

#C39785

accent

#794FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DB0

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

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