#3C8CC9#3C8CC9

#3C8CC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.121 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CC9
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -4.46, -38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 38.88, 263.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0516 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.121 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7802, 23.9315, 58.7184)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CC9 #C9793C

analogous

#3CC9BF #3C8CC9 #3C45C9

triadic

#3C8CC9 #C93C8C #8CC93C

tetradic

#3C8CC9 #BF3CC9 #C9793C #45C93C

square

#3C8CC9 #BF3CC9 #C9793C #45C93C

split-complementary

#3C8CC9 #C93C45 #C9BF3C

monochromatic

#1E4B6D #2B6C9C #3C8CC9 #6CA8D6 #9CC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3C8CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3C8CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CC9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CC9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.121 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add9',
    500: '#3c8cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cc9;
$custom-light: #82add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.957,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61823,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CC9

secondary

#D0AC91

accent

#8A48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CC9

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

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