#3C98BF#3C98BF

#3C98BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C98BF
RGB	rgb(60, 152, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -14.60, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 31.68, 242.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.067 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.103 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4919, 27.1762, 53.3403)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C98BF #BF633C

analogous

#3CBFA5 #3C98BF #3C56BF

triadic

#3C98BF #BF3C98 #98BF3C

tetradic

#3C98BF #A53CBF #BF633C #56BF3C

square

#3C98BF #A53CBF #BF633C #56BF3C

split-complementary

#3C98BF #BF3C56 #BFA53C

monochromatic

#1F4E62 #2D7390 #3C98BF #68B1D0 #97C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#3C98BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#3C98BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C98BF

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C98BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C98BF	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c98bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 152, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6d2',
    500: '#3c98bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c98bf;
$custom-light: #81b6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c98bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C98BF

secondary

#CA9F8D

accent

#774CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C98BF

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

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