#3C96C4#3C96C4

#3C96C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C96C4
RGB	rgb(60, 150, 196)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -11.84, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 33.69, 249.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0632 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.109 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7297, 26.7564, 56.1804)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C96C4 #C46A3C

analogous

#3CC4AE #3C96C4 #3C52C4

triadic

#3C96C4 #C43C96 #96C43C

tetradic

#3C96C4 #AE3CC4 #C46A3C #52C43C

square

#3C96C4 #AE3CC4 #C46A3C #52C43C

split-complementary

#3C96C4 #C43C52 #C4AE3C

monochromatic

#1F4E67 #2D7296 #3C96C4 #6BAFD2 #9AC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3C96C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#3C96C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C96C4

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C96C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C96C4	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D87C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c96c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 150, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b4d6',
    500: '#3c96c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c96c4;
$custom-light: #82b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c96c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.294,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63912,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C96C4

secondary

#CCA490

accent

#7C4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C96C4

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

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