#3C8EB9#3C8EB9

#3C8EB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.102 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EB9
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -11.06, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 31.73, 249.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0588 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.102 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2900, 23.8073, 49.4155)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EB9 #B9673C

analogous

#3CB9A5 #3C8EB9 #3C4FB9

triadic

#3C8EB9 #B93C8E #8EB93C

tetradic

#3C8EB9 #A53CB9 #B9673C #4FB93C

square

#3C8EB9 #A53CB9 #B9673C #4FB93C

split-complementary

#3C8EB9 #B93C4F #B9A53C

monochromatic

#1E475D #2D6B8B #3C8EB9 #65A9CD #93C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3C8EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#3C8EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EB9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EB9	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.102 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afce',
    500: '#3c8eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eb9;
$custom-light: #80afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.64,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61488,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EB9

secondary

#C79F89

accent

#7E4DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EB9

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

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