#3C8EB2#3C8EB2

#3C8EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.096 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EB2
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -13.39, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 29.42, 242.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.0613 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.096 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5692, 23.5189, 45.6191)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EB2 #B2603C

analogous

#3CB29B #3C8EB2 #3C53B2

triadic

#3C8EB2 #B23C8E #8EB23C

tetradic

#3C8EB2 #9B3CB2 #B2603C #53B23C

square

#3C8EB2 #9B3CB2 #B2603C #53B23C

split-complementary

#3C8EB2 #B23C53 #B29B3C

monochromatic

#1D4556 #2D6984 #3C8EB2 #61AACA #8FC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3C8EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#3C8EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EB2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EB2	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.096 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc9',
    500: '#3c8eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eb2;
$custom-light: #7fafc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61159,
    "c": 0.09562,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EB2

secondary

#C49986

accent

#794FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EB2

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

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