#3C8FAF#3C8FAF

#3C8FAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.093 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8FAF
RGB	rgb(60, 143, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -14.92, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 28.44, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0635 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.093 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4207, 23.6987, 44.0999)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8FAF #AF5C3C

analogous

#3CAF95 #3C8FAF #3C55AF

triadic

#3C8FAF #AF3C8F #8FAF3C

tetradic

#3C8FAF #953CAF #AF5C3C #55AF3C

square

#3C8FAF #953CAF #AF5C3C #55AF3C

split-complementary

#3C8FAF #AF3C55 #AF953C

monochromatic

#1D4554 #2C6A81 #3C8FAF #60ABC8 #8DC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3C8FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3C8FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8FAF

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8FAF	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 143, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.093 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc7',
    500: '#3c8faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8faf;
$custom-light: #7eafc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61265,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8FAF

secondary

#C39584

accent

#754FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8FAF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →