#3C8EB5#3C8EB5

#3C8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.098 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EB5
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -12.40, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 30.37, 245.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% -0.0602 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.098 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8737, 23.6407, 47.2228)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EB5 #B5633C

analogous

#3CB5A0 #3C8EB5 #3C52B5

triadic

#3C8EB5 #B53C8E #8EB53C

tetradic

#3C8EB5 #A03CB5 #B5633C #52B53C

square

#3C8EB5 #A03CB5 #B5633C #52B53C

split-complementary

#3C8EB5 #B53C52 #B5A03C

monochromatic

#1E4659 #2D6A87 #3C8EB5 #63AACB #91C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3C8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3C8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EB5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EB5	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.098 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafcb',
    500: '#3c8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eb5;
$custom-light: #7fafcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61298,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EB5

secondary

#C69B87

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EB5

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

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