#3C8EB4#3C8EB4

#3C8EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.097 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EB4
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -12.73, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 30.05, 244.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0606 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.097 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7715, 23.5998, 46.6844)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EB4 #B4623C

analogous

#3CB49E #3C8EB4 #3C52B4

triadic

#3C8EB4 #B43C8E #8EB43C

tetradic

#3C8EB4 #9E3CB4 #B4623C #52B43C

square

#3C8EB4 #9E3CB4 #B4623C #52B43C

split-complementary

#3C8EB4 #B43C52 #B49E3C

monochromatic

#1D4658 #2D6A86 #3C8EB4 #62AACB #90C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3C8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3C8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EB4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EB4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.097 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafca',
    500: '#3c8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eb4;
$custom-light: #7fafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61252,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EB4

secondary

#C59A87

accent

#7A4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EB4

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

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