#3C98C9#3C98C9

#3C98C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.113 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C98C9
RGB	rgb(60, 152, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -11.27, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 34.96, 251.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0635 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.113 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6302, 27.6315, 59.3351)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C98C9 #C96D3C

analogous

#3CC9B3 #3C98C9 #3C51C9

triadic

#3C98C9 #C93C98 #98C93C

tetradic

#3C98C9 #B33CC9 #C96D3C #51C93C

square

#3C98C9 #B33CC9 #C96D3C #51C93C

split-complementary

#3C98C9 #C93C51 #C9B33C

monochromatic

#1E516D #2B759C #3C98C9 #6CB1D6 #9CCBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3C98C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#3C98C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C98C9

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C98C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C98C9	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c98c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 152, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.113 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6d9',
    500: '#3c98c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c98c9;
$custom-light: #83b6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c98c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.851,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64624,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C98C9

secondary

#D0A791

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C98C9

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

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