#3C98BE#3C98BE

#3C98BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.103 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C98BE
RGB	rgb(60, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -14.93, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 31.39, 241.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0673 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.103 229)
XYZ	xyz(22.3823, 27.1324, 52.7627)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3C98BE #BE623C

analogous

#3CBEA3 #3C98BE #3C57BE

triadic

#3C98BE #BE3C98 #98BE3C

tetradic

#3C98BE #A33CBE #BE623C #57BE3C

square

#3C98BE #A33CBE #BE623C #57BE3C

split-complementary

#3C98BE #BE3C57 #BEA33C

monochromatic

#1F4E61 #2D738F #3C98BE #68B1CF #96C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#3C98BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#3C98BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C98BE

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C98BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C98BE	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c98be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.103 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6d1',
    500: '#3c98be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c98be;
$custom-light: #81b6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c98be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64108,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.27135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C98BE

secondary

#CA9E8C

accent

#764CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C98BE

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

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