#3C8EA0#3C8EA0

#3C8EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.083 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA0
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -19.16, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 25.58, 221.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% -0.0684 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.083 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8791, 22.8429, 36.7178)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA0 #A04E3C

analogous

#3CA080 #3C8EA0 #3C5CA0

triadic

#3C8EA0 #A03C8E #8EA03C

tetradic

#3C8EA0 #803CA0 #A04E3C #5CA03C

square

#3C8EA0 #803CA0 #A04E3C #5CA03C

split-complementary

#3C8EA0 #A03C5C #A0803C

monochromatic

#1B3F47 #2B6673 #3C8EA0 #59AEC1 #85C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3C8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#3C8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA0	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.083 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafbc',
    500: '#3c8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea0;
$custom-light: #7dafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60376,
    "c": 0.08303,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA0

secondary

#BB887C

accent

#6A53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA0

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

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