#3C8EBE#3C8EBE

#3C8EBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.107 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EBE
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -9.38, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 33.58, 253.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0571 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.107 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8271, 24.0221, 52.2443)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EBE #BE6C3C

analogous

#3CBEAD #3C8EBE #3C4DBE

triadic

#3C8EBE #BE3C8E #8EBE3C

tetradic

#3C8EBE #AD3CBE #BE6C3C #4DBE3C

square

#3C8EBE #AD3CBE #BE6C3C #4DBE3C

split-complementary

#3C8EBE #BE3C4D #BEAD3C

monochromatic

#1F4861 #2D6B8F #3C8EBE #68A9CF #96C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3C8EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3C8EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EBE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EBE	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)

#778EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.107 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afd1',
    500: '#3c8ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ebe;
$custom-light: #80afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.154,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6173,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EBE

secondary

#CAA38C

accent

#814CDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EBE

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

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