#3C98AE#3C98AE

#3C98AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.091 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C98AE
RGB	rgb(60, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -20.08, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 27.99, 224.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0735 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.091 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7286, 26.4709, 44.0532)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C98AE #AE523C

analogous

#3CAE8B #3C98AE #3C5FAE

triadic

#3C98AE #AE3C98 #98AE3C

tetradic

#3C98AE #8B3CAE #AE523C #5FAE3C

square

#3C98AE #8B3CAE #AE523C #5FAE3C

split-complementary

#3C98AE #AE3C5F #AE8B3C

monochromatic

#1D4853 #2C7080 #3C98AE #5FB4C8 #8DC9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3C98AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#3C98AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C98AE

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C98AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C98AE	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c98ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.091 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6c6',
    500: '#3c98ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c98ae;
$custom-light: #7fb6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c98ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.579,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C98AE

secondary

#C29083

accent

#6A50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C98AE

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

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