#3C8EC8#3C8EC8

#3C8EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EC8
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -5.96, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 37.68, 260.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0538 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.118 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9578, 24.4744, 58.1992)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EC8 #C8763C

analogous

#3CC8BC #3C8EC8 #3C48C8

triadic

#3C8EC8 #C83C8E #8EC83C

tetradic

#3C8EC8 #BC3CC8 #C8763C #48C83C

square

#3C8EC8 #BC3CC8 #C8763C #48C83C

split-complementary

#3C8EC8 #C83C48 #C8BC3C

monochromatic

#1E4B6B #2C6D9B #3C8EC8 #6CAAD5 #9BC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#3C8EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#3C8EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EC8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EC8	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed9',
    500: '#3c8ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ec8;
$custom-light: #82aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62234,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EC8

secondary

#CFAB91

accent

#8749DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EC8

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

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