#3C8EA9#3C8EA9

#3C8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.088 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EA9
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -16.32, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 27.07, 232.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0648 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.088 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6950, 23.1693, 41.0153)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EA9 #A9573C

analogous

#3CA98D #3C8EA9 #3C58A9

triadic

#3C8EA9 #A93C8E #8EA93C

tetradic

#3C8EA9 #8D3CA9 #A9573C #58A93C

square

#3C8EA9 #8D3CA9 #A9573C #58A93C

split-complementary

#3C8EA9 #A93C58 #A98D3C

monochromatic

#1C424F #2C687C #3C8EA9 #5DABC5 #8AC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3C8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3C8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EA9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EA9	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)

#7E8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.088 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc2',
    500: '#3c8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ea9;
$custom-light: #7eafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.862,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60756,
    "c": 0.08845,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EA9

secondary

#C09081

accent

#7251D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EA9

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

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