#3C8EBD#3C8EBD

#3C8EBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.106 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EBD
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -9.72, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 33.20, 252.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0574 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.106 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7182, 23.9785, 51.6707)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EBD #BD6B3C

analogous

#3CBDAC #3C8EBD #3C4EBD

triadic

#3C8EBD #BD3C8E #8EBD3C

tetradic

#3C8EBD #AC3CBD #BD6B3C #4EBD3C

square

#3C8EBD #AC3CBD #BD6B3C #4EBD3C

split-complementary

#3C8EBD #BD3C4E #BDAC3C

monochromatic

#1F4860 #2D6B8F #3C8EBD #67A9CF #96C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3C8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3C8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EBD

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EBD	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.106 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afd1',
    500: '#3c8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ebd;
$custom-light: #80afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.86,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61681,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EBD

secondary

#C9A28C

accent

#814DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EBD

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

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