#3C8EA2#3C8EA2

#3C8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.084 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA2
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -18.54, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 25.83, 224.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0676 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.084 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0554, 22.9134, 37.6466)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA2 #A2503C

analogous

#3CA283 #3C8EA2 #3C5BA2

triadic

#3C8EA2 #A23C8E #8EA23C

tetradic

#3C8EA2 #833CA2 #A2503C #5BA23C

square

#3C8EA2 #833CA2 #A2503C #5BA23C

split-complementary

#3C8EA2 #A23C5B #A2833C

monochromatic

#1B4049 #2B6775 #3C8EA2 #59ADC2 #86C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3C8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3C8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA2

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA2	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#808AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.084 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafbd',
    500: '#3c8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea2;
$custom-light: #7dafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60458,
    "c": 0.08407,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA2

secondary

#BC8A7D

accent

#6C52D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA2

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

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