#3C8EA7#3C8EA7

#3C8EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.087 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA7
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -16.95, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 26.66, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% -0.0656 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.087 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5087, 23.0948, 40.0340)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA7 #A7553C

analogous

#3CA78B #3C8EA7 #3C58A7

triadic

#3C8EA7 #A73C8E #8EA73C

tetradic

#3C8EA7 #8B3CA7 #A7553C #58A73C

square

#3C8EA7 #8B3CA7 #A7553C #58A73C

split-complementary

#3C8EA7 #A73C58 #A78B3C

monochromatic

#1C414D #2C687A #3C8EA7 #5CACC4 #89C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3C8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3C8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA7	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.087 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc1',
    500: '#3c8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea7;
$custom-light: #7dafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.019,
    "s": 47.137,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6067,
    "c": 0.08708,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA7

secondary

#BF8F80

accent

#7051D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA7

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

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