#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
RGBrgb(60, 152, 201)
HSLhsl(201, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(201, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.55, -11.27, -33.09)
CIE-LCHlch(59.55, 34.96, 251.20°)
OKLaboklab(64.62% -0.0635 -0.0931)
OKLCHoklch(64.62% 0.113 235.7)
XYZxyz(23.6302, 27.6315, 59.3351)
Luminance0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##3C98C91.003.226.536.53
#FFFFFF3.221.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5321.001.001.00
##0000006.5321.001.001.00

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

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#3C98C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva