#3C86C9#3C86C9

#3C86C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.126 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C86C9
RGB	rgb(60, 134, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -0.95, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 41.39, 268.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0457 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.126 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9272, 22.2256, 58.4341)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C86C9 #C97F3C

analogous

#3CC9C6 #3C86C9 #3C3FC9

triadic

#3C86C9 #C93C86 #86C93C

tetradic

#3C86C9 #C63CC9 #C97F3C #3FC93C

square

#3C86C9 #C63CC9 #C97F3C #3FC93C

split-complementary

#3C86C9 #C93C3F #C9C63C

monochromatic

#1E476D #2B679C #3C86C9 #6CA4D6 #9CC1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#3C86C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#3C86C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C86C9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C86C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C86C9	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c86c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 134, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.126 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a8da',
    500: '#3c86c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c86c9;
$custom-light: #82a8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c86c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.511,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60442,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C86C9

secondary

#D0AF91

accent

#9048E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C86C9

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

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