#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
RGB	rgb(60, 150, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -5.01, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 41.65, 263.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0567 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.13 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1597, 27.7284, 68.9786)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##3C96D8	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3C96D8

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

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