#3C8FAE#3C8FAE

#3C8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.092 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8FAE
RGB	rgb(60, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -15.25, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 28.18, 237.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0639 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.092 226)
XYZ	xyz(19.3229, 23.6595, 43.5846)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8FAE #AE5B3C

analogous

#3CAE94 #3C8FAE #3C56AE

triadic

#3C8FAE #AE3C8F #8FAE3C

tetradic

#3C8FAE #943CAE #AE5B3C #56AE3C

square

#3C8FAE #943CAE #AE5B3C #56AE3C

split-complementary

#3C8FAE #AE3C56 #AE943C

monochromatic

#1D4453 #2C6A80 #3C8FAE #5FABC8 #8DC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3C8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3C8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8FAE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8FAE	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.092 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc6',
    500: '#3c8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8fae;
$custom-light: #7eafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.316,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6122,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.23662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8FAE

secondary

#C29583

accent

#7550D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8FAE

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

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