#3C8EA1#3C8EA1

#3C8EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.084 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA1
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -18.85, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 25.70, 222.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.068 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.084 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9669, 22.8780, 37.1803)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA1 #A14F3C

analogous

#3CA181 #3C8EA1 #3C5BA1

triadic

#3C8EA1 #A13C8E #8EA13C

tetradic

#3C8EA1 #813CA1 #A14F3C #5BA13C

square

#3C8EA1 #813CA1 #A14F3C #5BA13C

split-complementary

#3C8EA1 #A13C5B #A1813C

monochromatic

#1B3F48 #2B6774 #3C8EA1 #59AEC1 #86C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3C8EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3C8EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA1

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA1	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.084 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafbc',
    500: '#3c8ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea1;
$custom-light: #7dafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.287,
    "s": 45.701,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60417,
    "c": 0.08354,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA1

secondary

#BC897D

accent

#6B52D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA1

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

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