#3C8EC9#3C8EC9

#3C8EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EC9
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, -5.61, -37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 38.12, 261.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0535 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.119 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0751, 24.5213, 58.8167)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EC9 #C9773C

analogous

#3CC9BD #3C8EC9 #3C47C9

triadic

#3C8EC9 #C93C8E #8EC93C

tetradic

#3C8EC9 #BD3CC9 #C9773C #47C93C

square

#3C8EC9 #BD3CC9 #C9773C #47C93C

split-complementary

#3C8EC9 #C93C47 #C9BD3C

monochromatic

#1E4C6D #2B6D9C #3C8EC9 #6CAAD6 #9CC6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#3C8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#3C8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EC9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EC9	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)

#738FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed9',
    500: '#3c8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ec9;
$custom-light: #82aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.106,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62286,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EC9

secondary

#D0AB91

accent

#8848E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EC9

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

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