#3C8EB8#3C8EB8

#3C8EB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.101 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EB8
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -11.40, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 31.38, 248.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0592 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.101 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1848, 23.7652, 48.8615)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EB8 #B8663C

analogous

#3CB8A4 #3C8EB8 #3C50B8

triadic

#3C8EB8 #B83C8E #8EB83C

tetradic

#3C8EB8 #A43CB8 #B8663C #50B83C

square

#3C8EB8 #A43CB8 #B8663C #50B83C

split-complementary

#3C8EB8 #B83C50 #B8A43C

monochromatic

#1E475C #2D6A8A #3C8EB8 #65A9CD #93C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3C8EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3C8EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EB8

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EB8	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.101 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afcd',
    500: '#3c8eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eb8;
$custom-light: #80afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6144,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EB8

secondary

#C79E89

accent

#7D4DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EB8

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

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