#3C90AE#3C90AE

#3C90AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.092 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C90AE
RGB	rgb(60, 144, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -15.79, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 28.09, 235.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.065 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.092 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4737, 23.9611, 43.6349)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3C90AE #AE5A3C

analogous

#3CAE93 #3C90AE #3C57AE

triadic

#3C90AE #AE3C90 #90AE3C

tetradic

#3C90AE #933CAE #AE5A3C #57AE3C

square

#3C90AE #933CAE #AE5A3C #57AE3C

split-complementary

#3C90AE #AE3C57 #AE933C

monochromatic

#1D4553 #2C6A80 #3C90AE #5FACC8 #8DC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3C90AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3C90AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C90AE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C90AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C90AE	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)

#7F8DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c90ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 144, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.092 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0c6',
    500: '#3c90ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c90ae;
$custom-light: #7eb0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c90ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61463,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C90AE

secondary

#C29483

accent

#7450D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C90AE

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

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