#3C8DB9#3C8DB9

#3C8DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.103 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DB9
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -10.50, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 31.98, 250.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0578 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.103 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1419, 23.5110, 49.3661)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DB9 #B9683C

analogous

#3CB9A6 #3C8DB9 #3C4EB9

triadic

#3C8DB9 #B93C8D #8DB93C

tetradic

#3C8DB9 #A63CB9 #B9683C #4EB93C

square

#3C8DB9 #A63CB9 #B9683C #4EB93C

split-complementary

#3C8DB9 #B93C4E #B9A63C

monochromatic

#1E475D #2D6A8B #3C8DB9 #65A8CD #93C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3C8DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#3C8DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DB9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DB9	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.103 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aece',
    500: '#3c8db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8db9;
$custom-light: #80aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.12,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61249,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DB9

secondary

#C79F89

accent

#7F4DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DB9

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

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