#3C8EC5#3C8EC5

#3C8EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.115 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EC5
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -6.99, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 36.41, 258.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0548 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.115 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6106, 24.3355, 56.3708)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EC5 #C5733C

analogous

#3CC5B8 #3C8EC5 #3C49C5

triadic

#3C8EC5 #C53C8E #8EC53C

tetradic

#3C8EC5 #B83CC5 #C5733C #49C53C

square

#3C8EC5 #B83CC5 #C5733C #49C53C

split-complementary

#3C8EC5 #C53C49 #C5B83C

monochromatic

#1F4A68 #2D6C97 #3C8EC5 #6BA9D3 #9AC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3C8EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#3C8EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EC5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EC5	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.115 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed7',
    500: '#3c8ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ec5;
$custom-light: #82aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.088,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6208,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EC5

secondary

#CDA890

accent

#854ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EC5

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

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