#3C8DC6#3C8DC6

#3C8DC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DC6
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -6.07, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 37.18, 260.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0535 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.117 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5775, 24.0853, 56.9269)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DC6 #C6753C

analogous

#3CC6BA #3C8DC6 #3C48C6

triadic

#3C8DC6 #C63C8D #8DC63C

tetradic

#3C8DC6 #BA3CC6 #C6753C #48C63C

square

#3C8DC6 #BA3CC6 #C6753C #48C63C

split-complementary

#3C8DC6 #C63C48 #C6BA3C

monochromatic

#1F4A69 #2D6C98 #3C8DC6 #6BA9D4 #9BC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#3C8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#3C8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DC6

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DC6	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed7',
    500: '#3c8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dc6;
$custom-light: #82aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61898,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DC6

secondary

#CEAA90

accent

#874ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DC6

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

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