#3C8FA9#3C8FA9

#3C8FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.088 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8FA9
RGB	rgb(60, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -16.86, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 27.03, 231.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0659 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.088 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8445, 23.4682, 41.0651)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8FA9 #A9563C

analogous

#3CA98D #3C8FA9 #3C59A9

triadic

#3C8FA9 #A93C8F #8FA93C

tetradic

#3C8FA9 #8D3CA9 #A9563C #59A93C

square

#3C8FA9 #8D3CA9 #A9563C #59A93C

split-complementary

#3C8FA9 #A93C59 #A98D3C

monochromatic

#1C434F #2C697C #3C8FA9 #5DACC5 #8AC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3C8FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#3C8FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8FA9

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8FA9	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)

#808CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.088 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0c2',
    500: '#3c8fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8fa9;
$custom-light: #7eb0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.312,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61001,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8FA9

secondary

#C09081

accent

#7151D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8FA9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →