#3C8DB5#3C8DB5

#3C8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.099 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DB5
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -11.84, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 30.57, 247.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0592 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.099 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7256, 23.3445, 47.1735)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DB5 #B5643C

analogous

#3CB5A1 #3C8DB5 #3C50B5

triadic

#3C8DB5 #B53C8D #8DB53C

tetradic

#3C8DB5 #A13CB5 #B5643C #50B53C

square

#3C8DB5 #A13CB5 #B5643C #50B53C

split-complementary

#3C8DB5 #B53C50 #B5A13C

monochromatic

#1E4559 #2D6987 #3C8DB5 #63A9CB #91C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3C8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3C8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DB5

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DB5	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.099 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faecb',
    500: '#3c8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8db5;
$custom-light: #7faecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61059,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DB5

secondary

#C69C87

accent

#7C4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DB5

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

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