#3C98BC#3C98BC

#3C98BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C98BC
RGB	rgb(60, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -15.59, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 30.84, 239.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0681 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.101 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1652, 27.0455, 51.6194)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C98BC #BC603C

analogous

#3CBCA0 #3C98BC #3C58BC

triadic

#3C98BC #BC3C98 #98BC3C

tetradic

#3C98BC #A03CBC #BC603C #58BC3C

square

#3C98BC #A03CBC #BC603C #58BC3C

split-complementary

#3C98BC #BC3C58 #BCA03C

monochromatic

#1E4D5F #2D728E #3C98BC #67B1CE #95C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3C98BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#3C98BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C98BC

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C98BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C98BC	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c98bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6d0',
    500: '#3c98bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c98bc;
$custom-light: #81b6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c98bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64017,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C98BC

secondary

#C99C8B

accent

#754DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C98BC

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

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