#3C8EA6#3C8EA6

#3C8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.086 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA6
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -17.27, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 26.47, 229.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.066 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.086 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4166, 23.0579, 39.5490)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA6 #A6543C

analogous

#3CA689 #3C8EA6 #3C59A6

triadic

#3C8EA6 #A63C8E #8EA63C

tetradic

#3C8EA6 #893CA6 #A6543C #59A63C

square

#3C8EA6 #893CA6 #A6543C #59A63C

split-complementary

#3C8EA6 #A63C59 #A6893C

monochromatic

#1C414C #2C6879 #3C8EA6 #5BACC4 #88C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3C8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3C8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA6

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA6	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.086 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc0',
    500: '#3c8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea6;
$custom-light: #7dafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60627,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA6

secondary

#BE8E7F

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA6

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

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