#3C8EAE#3C8EAE

#3C8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.092 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EAE
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -14.70, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 28.28, 238.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.0628 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.092 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1734, 23.3606, 43.5348)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EAE #AE5C3C

analogous

#3CAE95 #3C8EAE #3C55AE

triadic

#3C8EAE #AE3C8E #8EAE3C

tetradic

#3C8EAE #953CAE #AE5C3C #55AE3C

square

#3C8EAE #953CAE #AE5C3C #55AE3C

split-complementary

#3C8EAE #AE3C55 #AE953C

monochromatic

#1D4453 #2C6980 #3C8EAE #5FABC8 #8DC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3C8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3C8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EAE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EAE	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.092 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc6',
    500: '#3c8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eae;
$custom-light: #7eafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.842,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60977,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EAE

secondary

#C29583

accent

#7650D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EAE

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

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