#3C8DC3#3C8DC3

#3C8DC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.113 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DC3
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -7.11, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 35.91, 258.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0544 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.113 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2349, 23.9482, 55.1225)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DC3 #C3723C

analogous

#3CC3B5 #3C8DC3 #3C4AC3

triadic

#3C8DC3 #C33C8D #8DC33C

tetradic

#3C8DC3 #B53CC3 #C3723C #4AC33C

square

#3C8DC3 #B53CC3 #C3723C #4AC33C

split-complementary

#3C8DC3 #C33C4A #C3B53C

monochromatic

#1F4965 #2E6B94 #3C8DC3 #6BA8D1 #9AC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3C8DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3C8DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DC3

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DC3	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.113 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed5',
    500: '#3c8dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dc3;
$custom-light: #81aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DC3

secondary

#CCA78F

accent

#854BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DC3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →