#3C8FB4#3C8FB4

#3C8FB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.097 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8FB4
RGB	rgb(60, 143, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -13.28, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 29.87, 243.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0617 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.097 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9209, 23.8987, 46.7342)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8FB4 #B4613C

analogous

#3CB49D #3C8FB4 #3C53B4

triadic

#3C8FB4 #B43C8F #8FB43C

tetradic

#3C8FB4 #9D3CB4 #B4613C #53B43C

square

#3C8FB4 #9D3CB4 #B4613C #53B43C

split-complementary

#3C8FB4 #B43C53 #B49D3C

monochromatic

#1D4658 #2D6B86 #3C8FB4 #62ABCB #90C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3C8FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#3C8FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8FB4

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8FB4	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 143, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.097 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafca',
    500: '#3c8fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8fb4;
$custom-light: #7fafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61492,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8FB4

secondary

#C59A87

accent

#794EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8FB4

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

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