#3C8FAC#3C8FAC

#3C8FAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.090 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8FAC
RGB	rgb(60, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -15.89, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 27.69, 234.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0647 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.09 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1294, 23.5821, 42.5654)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8FAC #AC593C

analogous

#3CAC91 #3C8FAC #3C57AC

triadic

#3C8FAC #AC3C8F #8FAC3C

tetradic

#3C8FAC #913CAC #AC593C #57AC3C

square

#3C8FAC #913CAC #AC593C #57AC3C

split-complementary

#3C8FAC #AC3C57 #AC913C

monochromatic

#1C4451 #2C697F #3C8FAC #5EACC7 #8CC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3C8FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3C8FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8FAC

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8FAC	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.090 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc4',
    500: '#3c8fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8fac;
$custom-light: #7eafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.536,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61131,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8FAC

secondary

#C19382

accent

#7350D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8FAC

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

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