#3C8EA8#3C8EA8

#3C8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.088 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA8
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -16.64, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 26.86, 231.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0652 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.088 222)
XYZ	xyz(18.6015, 23.1319, 40.5228)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA8 #A8563C

analogous

#3CA88C #3C8EA8 #3C58A8

triadic

#3C8EA8 #A83C8E #8EA83C

tetradic

#3C8EA8 #8C3CA8 #A8563C #58A83C

square

#3C8EA8 #8C3CA8 #A8563C #58A83C

split-complementary

#3C8EA8 #A83C58 #A88C3C

monochromatic

#1C424E #2C687B #3C8EA8 #5CACC5 #89C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3C8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3C8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA8

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA8	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.088 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc2',
    500: '#3c8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea8;
$custom-light: #7eafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60713,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.23134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA8

secondary

#BF9080

accent

#7151D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA8

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

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