#3C8EC6#3C8EC6

#3C8EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EC6
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -6.65, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 36.83, 259.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0545 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.116 242)
XYZ	xyz(21.7256, 24.3815, 56.9762)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EC6 #C6743C

analogous

#3CC6B9 #3C8EC6 #3C49C6

triadic

#3C8EC6 #C63C8E #8EC63C

tetradic

#3C8EC6 #B93CC6 #C6743C #49C63C

square

#3C8EC6 #B93CC6 #C6743C #49C63C

split-complementary

#3C8EC6 #C63C49 #C6B93C

monochromatic

#1F4B69 #2D6D98 #3C8EC6 #6BA9D4 #9BC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3C8EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#3C8EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EC6

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EC6	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed7',
    500: '#3c8ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ec6;
$custom-light: #82aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62131,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.24384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EC6

secondary

#CEA990

accent

#864ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EC6

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

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