#3C8EB3#3C8EB3

#3C8EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.097 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EB3
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -13.06, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 29.73, 243.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.061 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.097 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6700, 23.5592, 46.1498)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EB3 #B3613C

analogous

#3CB39D #3C8EB3 #3C53B3

triadic

#3C8EB3 #B33C8E #8EB33C

tetradic

#3C8EB3 #9D3CB3 #B3613C #53B33C

square

#3C8EB3 #9D3CB3 #B3613C #53B33C

split-complementary

#3C8EB3 #B33C53 #B39D3C

monochromatic

#1D4557 #2D6A85 #3C8EB3 #62AACA #90C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3C8EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#3C8EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EB3

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EB3	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.097 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafca',
    500: '#3c8eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eb3;
$custom-light: #7fafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61205,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EB3

secondary

#C59A86

accent

#7A4ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EB3

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

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