#3C8DB4#3C8DB4

#3C8DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.098 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DB4
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -12.17, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 30.24, 246.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0596 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.098 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6233, 23.3036, 46.6350)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DB4 #B4633C

analogous

#3CB49F #3C8DB4 #3C51B4

triadic

#3C8DB4 #B43C8D #8DB43C

tetradic

#3C8DB4 #9F3CB4 #B4633C #51B43C

square

#3C8DB4 #9F3CB4 #B4633C #51B43C

split-complementary

#3C8DB4 #B43C51 #B49F3C

monochromatic

#1D4558 #2D6986 #3C8DB4 #62A9CB #90C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3C8DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3C8DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DB4

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DB4	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.098 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faeca',
    500: '#3c8db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8db4;
$custom-light: #7faeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61012,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DB4

secondary

#C59B87

accent

#7C4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DB4

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

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