#3C8EAC#3C8EAC

#3C8EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.091 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EAC
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -15.35, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 27.77, 236.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0636 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.091 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9799, 23.2832, 42.5156)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EAC #AC5A3C

analogous

#3CAC92 #3C8EAC #3C56AC

triadic

#3C8EAC #AC3C8E #8EAC3C

tetradic

#3C8EAC #923CAC #AC5A3C #56AC3C

square

#3C8EAC #923CAC #AC5A3C #56AC3C

split-complementary

#3C8EAC #AC3C56 #AC923C

monochromatic

#1C4351 #2C697F #3C8EAC #5EABC7 #8CC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3C8EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3C8EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EAC

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EAC	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.091 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc4',
    500: '#3c8eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eac;
$custom-light: #7eafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.071,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60888,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EAC

secondary

#C19382

accent

#7450D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EAC

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

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