#3C8EBA#3C8EBA

#3C8EBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.103 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EBA
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -10.73, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 32.09, 250.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0585 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.103 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3959, 23.8496, 49.9734)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EBA #BA683C

analogous

#3CBAA7 #3C8EBA #3C4FBA

triadic

#3C8EBA #BA3C8E #8EBA3C

tetradic

#3C8EBA #A73CBA #BA683C #4FBA3C

square

#3C8EBA #A73CBA #BA683C #4FBA3C

split-complementary

#3C8EBA #BA3C4F #BAA73C

monochromatic

#1E475D #2D6B8C #3C8EBA #66A9CE #94C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3C8EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#3C8EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EBA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EBA	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.103 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afcf',
    500: '#3c8eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8eba;
$custom-light: #80afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.952,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61536,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EBA

secondary

#C8A08A

accent

#7F4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EBA

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

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