#3C98BA#3C98BA

#3C98BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C98BA
RGB	rgb(60, 152, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -16.24, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 30.32, 237.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0688 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.099 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9511, 26.9599, 50.4918)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C98BA #BA5E3C

analogous

#3CBA9D #3C98BA #3C59BA

triadic

#3C98BA #BA3C98 #98BA3C

tetradic

#3C98BA #9D3CBA #BA5E3C #59BA3C

square

#3C98BA #9D3CBA #BA5E3C #59BA3C

split-complementary

#3C98BA #BA3C59 #BA9D3C

monochromatic

#1E4C5D #2D728C #3C98BA #66B2CE #94C9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3C98BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#3C98BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C98BA

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C98BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C98BA	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c98ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 152, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6ce',
    500: '#3c98ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c98ba;
$custom-light: #80b6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c98ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63928,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C98BA

secondary

#C89B8A

accent

#734DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C98BA

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

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