#3C96D8#3C96D8

#3C96D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.130 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3C96D8
RGBrgb(60, 150, 216)
HSLhsl(205, 67%, 54%)
HSVhsv(205, 72%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(72.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.64, -5.01, -41.35)
CIE-LCHlch(59.64, 41.65, 263.10°)
OKLaboklab(64.92% -0.0567 -0.1171)
OKLCHoklch(64.92% 0.13 244.2)
XYZxyz(25.1597, 27.7284, 68.9786)
Luminance0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3C96D8 #D87E3C
analogous
#3CD8CC #3C96D8 #3C48D8
triadic
#3C96D8 #D83C96 #96D83C
tetradic
#3C96D8 #CC3CD8 #D87E3C #48D83C
square
#3C96D8 #CC3CD8 #D87E3C #48D83C
split-complementary
#3C96D8 #D83C48 #D8CC3C
monochromatic
#1A5580 #2476B3 #3C96D8 #6FB1E2 #A2CDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21
#3C96D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55
#3C96D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C96D8
6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3C96D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3C96D81.003.216.556.55
#FFFFFF3.211.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5521.001.001.00
##0000006.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7898DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6289D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A6AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3c96d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 150, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.130 244.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4e4',
    500: '#3c96d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3c96d8;
$custom-light: #85b4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3c96d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64915,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3C96D8
secondary
#D9B397
accent
#873EEA
background
#F8FBFE
surface
#F0F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0C1115
muted
#7D8084

Preview Lab

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#3C96D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva