#3C8EC7#3C8EC7

#3C8EC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EC7
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 199)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -6.30, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 37.25, 260.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0542 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.117 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8413, 24.4278, 57.5857)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EC7 #C7753C

analogous

#3CC7BA #3C8EC7 #3C49C7

triadic

#3C8EC7 #C73C8E #8EC73C

tetradic

#3C8EC7 #BA3CC7 #C7753C #49C73C

square

#3C8EC7 #BA3CC7 #C7753C #49C73C

split-complementary

#3C8EC7 #C73C49 #C7BA3C

monochromatic

#1E4B6A #2C6D9A #3C8EC7 #6CAAD5 #9BC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3C8EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#3C8EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EC7

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EC7	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed8',
    500: '#3c8ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ec7;
$custom-light: #82aed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62183,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EC7

secondary

#CEAA91

accent

#8649DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EC7

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

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