#3C8EB6#3C8EB6

#3C8EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EB6
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -12.06, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 30.70, 246.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0599 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.099 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9767, 23.6819, 47.7652)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EB6 #B6643C

analogous

#3CB6A1 #3C8EB6 #3C51B6

triadic

#3C8EB6 #B63C8E #8EB63C

tetradic

#3C8EB6 #A13CB6 #B6643C #51B63C

square

#3C8EB6 #A13CB6 #B6643C #51B63C

split-complementary

#3C8EB6 #B63C51 #B6A13C

monochromatic

#1E465A #2D6A88 #3C8EB6 #63AACC #91C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3C8EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3C8EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EB6

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EB6	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafcc',
    500: '#3c8eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eb6;
$custom-light: #7fafcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61345,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EB6

secondary

#C69C88

accent

#7C4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EB6

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

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