#3C8EA3#3C8EA3

#3C8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.085 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA3
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -18.22, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 25.97, 225.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.0672 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.085 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1447, 22.9491, 38.1166)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA3 #A3513C

analogous

#3CA384 #3C8EA3 #3C5AA3

triadic

#3C8EA3 #A33C8E #8EA33C

tetradic

#3C8EA3 #843CA3 #A3513C #5AA33C

square

#3C8EA3 #843CA3 #A3513C #5AA33C

split-complementary

#3C8EA3 #A33C5A #A3843C

monochromatic

#1B404A #2C6776 #3C8EA3 #5AADC2 #87C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3C8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3C8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA3

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA3	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.085 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafbe',
    500: '#3c8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea3;
$custom-light: #7dafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.233,
    "s": 46.188,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.605,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA3

secondary

#BD8B7E

accent

#6D52D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA3

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

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