#3C98BB#3C98BB

#3C98BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C98BB
RGB	rgb(60, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -15.91, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 30.57, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0685 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.1 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0578, 27.0026, 51.0536)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C98BB #BB5F3C

analogous

#3CBB9E #3C98BB #3C59BB

triadic

#3C98BB #BB3C98 #98BB3C

tetradic

#3C98BB #9E3CBB #BB5F3C #59BB3C

square

#3C98BB #9E3CBB #BB5F3C #59BB3C

split-complementary

#3C98BB #BB3C59 #BB9E3C

monochromatic

#1E4D5E #2D728D #3C98BB #66B1CE #95C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3C98BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#3C98BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C98BB

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C98BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C98BB	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c98bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6cf',
    500: '#3c98bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c98bb;
$custom-light: #81b6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c98bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63972,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C98BB

secondary

#C89C8B

accent

#744DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C98BB

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

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