#3C8DC4#3C8DC4

#3C8DC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.114 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DC4
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -6.76, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 36.33, 259.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0541 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.114 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3483, 23.9936, 55.7200)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DC4 #C4733C

analogous

#3CC4B7 #3C8DC4 #3C49C4

triadic

#3C8DC4 #C43C8D #8DC43C

tetradic

#3C8DC4 #B73CC4 #C4733C #49C43C

square

#3C8DC4 #B73CC4 #C4733C #49C43C

split-complementary

#3C8DC4 #C43C49 #C4B73C

monochromatic

#1F4A67 #2D6B96 #3C8DC4 #6BA8D2 #9AC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3C8DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3C8DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DC4

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DC4	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.114 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed6',
    500: '#3c8dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dc4;
$custom-light: #81aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.265,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61796,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DC4

secondary

#CCA890

accent

#864BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DC4

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

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