#3C8FA0#3C8FA0

#3C8FA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.083 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8FA0
RGB	rgb(60, 143, 160)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -19.69, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 25.68, 219.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0695 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.083 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0285, 23.1418, 36.7676)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8FA0 #A04D3C

analogous

#3CA07F #3C8FA0 #3C5DA0

triadic

#3C8FA0 #A03C8F #8FA03C

tetradic

#3C8FA0 #7F3CA0 #A04D3C #5DA03C

square

#3C8FA0 #7F3CA0 #A04D3C #5DA03C

split-complementary

#3C8FA0 #A03C5D #A07F3C

monochromatic

#1B3F47 #2B6773 #3C8FA0 #59AFC1 #85C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3C8FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3C8FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8FA0

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8FA0	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 143, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.083 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db0bc',
    500: '#3c8fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8fa0;
$custom-light: #7db0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.2,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60623,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8FA0

secondary

#BB877C

accent

#6953D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8FA0

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

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