#3C8DB1#3C8DB1

#3C8DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.095 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DB1
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -13.16, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 29.29, 243.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0607 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.095 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3210, 23.1827, 45.0429)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DB1 #B1603C

analogous

#3CB19B #3C8DB1 #3C52B1

triadic

#3C8DB1 #B13C8D #8DB13C

tetradic

#3C8DB1 #9B3CB1 #B1603C #52B13C

square

#3C8DB1 #9B3CB1 #B1603C #52B13C

split-complementary

#3C8DB1 #B13C52 #B19B3C

monochromatic

#1D4456 #2D6983 #3C8DB1 #61A9C9 #8FC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3C8DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3C8DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DB1

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DB1	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.095 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec8',
    500: '#3c8db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8db1;
$custom-light: #7faec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60872,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DB1

secondary

#C49885

accent

#794FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DB1

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

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