#3C8FA8#3C8FA8

#3C8FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.088 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8FA8
RGB	rgb(60, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -17.18, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 26.84, 230.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0663 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.088 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7510, 23.4308, 40.5726)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8FA8 #A8553C

analogous

#3CA88B #3C8FA8 #3C59A8

triadic

#3C8FA8 #A83C8F #8FA83C

tetradic

#3C8FA8 #8B3CA8 #A8553C #59A83C

square

#3C8FA8 #8B3CA8 #A8553C #59A83C

split-complementary

#3C8FA8 #A83C59 #A88B3C

monochromatic

#1C424E #2C697B #3C8FA8 #5CADC5 #89C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3C8FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#3C8FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8FA8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8FA8	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.088 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0c2',
    500: '#3c8fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8fa8;
$custom-light: #7eb0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.889,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60958,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8FA8

secondary

#BF8F80

accent

#7051D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8FA8

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

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