#3C8EAD#3C8EAD

#3C8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.091 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EAD
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, -15.02, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 28.02, 237.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0632 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.091 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0763, 23.3218, 43.0233)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EAD #AD5B3C

analogous

#3CAD93 #3C8EAD #3C55AD

triadic

#3C8EAD #AD3C8E #8EAD3C

tetradic

#3C8EAD #933CAD #AD5B3C #55AD3C

square

#3C8EAD #933CAD #AD5B3C #55AD3C

split-complementary

#3C8EAD #AD3C55 #AD933C

monochromatic

#1C4352 #2C6980 #3C8EAD #5FABC7 #8CC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3C8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3C8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EAD

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EAD	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)

#7D8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.091 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc5',
    500: '#3c8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ead;
$custom-light: #7eafc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.46,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60933,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EAD

secondary

#C29483

accent

#7550D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EAD

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

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