#3B9CCC#3B9CCC

#3B9CCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.114 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9CCC
RGB	rgb(59, 156, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -12.61, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 35.12, 248.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0669 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.114 234)
XYZ	xyz(24.5869, 29.0636, 61.4291)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9CCC #CC6B3B

analogous

#3BCCB4 #3B9CCC #3B54CC

triadic

#3B9CCC #CC3B9C #9CCC3B

tetradic

#3B9CCC #B43BCC #CC6B3B #54CC3B

square

#3B9CCC #B43BCC #CC6B3B #54CC3B

split-complementary

#3B9CCC #CC3B54 #CCB43B

monochromatic

#1D5470 #2A79A0 #3B9CCC #6CB5D9 #9CCDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3B9CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#3B9CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9CCC

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9CCC	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 156, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.114 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9db',
    500: '#3b9ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ccc;
$custom-light: #83b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.862,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65679,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.29066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9CCC

secondary

#D1A792

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9CCC

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

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