#3C8EC4#3C8EC4

#3C8EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.114 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EC4
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -7.33, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 35.99, 258.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0551 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.114 241)
XYZ	xyz(21.4964, 24.2898, 55.7693)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EC4 #C4723C

analogous

#3CC4B6 #3C8EC4 #3C4AC4

triadic

#3C8EC4 #C43C8E #8EC43C

tetradic

#3C8EC4 #B63CC4 #C4723C #4AC43C

square

#3C8EC4 #B63CC4 #C4723C #4AC43C

split-complementary

#3C8EC4 #C43C4A #C4B63C

monochromatic

#1F4A67 #2D6C96 #3C8EC4 #6BA9D2 #9AC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3C8EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#3C8EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EC4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EC4	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.114 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed6',
    500: '#3c8ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ec4;
$custom-light: #81aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.824,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6203,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.24292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EC4

secondary

#CCA890

accent

#854BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EC4

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

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