#3C8DB3#3C8DB3

#3C8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.097 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DB3
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -12.50, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 29.91, 245.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0599 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.097 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5218, 23.2630, 46.1005)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DB3 #B3623C

analogous

#3CB39E #3C8DB3 #3C51B3

triadic

#3C8DB3 #B33C8D #8DB33C

tetradic

#3C8DB3 #9E3CB3 #B3623C #51B33C

square

#3C8DB3 #9E3CB3 #B3623C #51B33C

split-complementary

#3C8DB3 #B33C51 #B39E3C

monochromatic

#1D4557 #2D6985 #3C8DB3 #62A9CA #90C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3C8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3C8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DB3

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DB3	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.097 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faeca',
    500: '#3c8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8db3;
$custom-light: #7faeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.16,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60965,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DB3

secondary

#C59A86

accent

#7B4ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DB3

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

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