#3C8EC3#3C8EC3

#3C8EC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.113 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EC3
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -7.68, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 35.58, 257.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0554 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.113 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3830, 24.2445, 55.1719)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EC3 #C3713C

analogous

#3CC3B5 #3C8EC3 #3C4AC3

triadic

#3C8EC3 #C33C8E #8EC33C

tetradic

#3C8EC3 #B53CC3 #C3713C #4AC33C

square

#3C8EC3 #B53CC3 #C3713C #4AC33C

split-complementary

#3C8EC3 #C33C4A #C3B53C

monochromatic

#1F4A65 #2E6C94 #3C8EC3 #6BA9D1 #9AC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3C8EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3C8EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EC3

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EC3	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.113 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed5',
    500: '#3c8ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ec3;
$custom-light: #81aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61979,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EC3

secondary

#CCA78F

accent

#844BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EC3

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

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