#3C8EA4#3C8EA4

#3C8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.085 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA4
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -17.91, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 26.13, 226.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0668 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.085 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2346, 22.9851, 38.5903)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA4 #A4523C

analogous

#3CA486 #3C8EA4 #3C5AA4

triadic

#3C8EA4 #A43C8E #8EA43C

tetradic

#3C8EA4 #863CA4 #A4523C #5AA43C

square

#3C8EA4 #863CA4 #A4523C #5AA43C

split-complementary

#3C8EA4 #A43C5A #A4863C

monochromatic

#1B404A #2C6777 #3C8EA4 #5AADC3 #87C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3C8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3C8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA4	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.085 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafbf',
    500: '#3c8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea4;
$custom-light: #7dafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60542,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA4

secondary

#BD8C7E

accent

#6E52D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA4

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

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