#3C8DC2#3C8DC2

#3C8DC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.112 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DC2
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -7.45, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 35.49, 257.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0548 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.112 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1222, 23.9032, 54.5291)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DC2 #C2713C

analogous

#3CC2B4 #3C8DC2 #3C4AC2

triadic

#3C8DC2 #C23C8D #8DC23C

tetradic

#3C8DC2 #B43CC2 #C2713C #4AC23C

square

#3C8DC2 #B43CC2 #C2713C #4AC23C

split-complementary

#3C8DC2 #C23C4A #C2B43C

monochromatic

#1F4965 #2E6B93 #3C8DC2 #6AA8D1 #99C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3C8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#3C8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DC2

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DC2	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.112 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed4',
    500: '#3c8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dc2;
$custom-light: #81aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.731,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61694,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DC2

secondary

#CBA78F

accent

#854CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DC2

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

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