#3C99AE#3C99AE

#3C99AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.091 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C99AE
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -20.60, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 28.06, 222.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0746 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.091 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8915, 26.7969, 44.1075)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C99AE #AE513C

analogous

#3CAE8A #3C99AE #3C60AE

triadic

#3C99AE #AE3C99 #99AE3C

tetradic

#3C99AE #8A3CAE #AE513C #60AE3C

square

#3C99AE #8A3CAE #AE513C #60AE3C

split-complementary

#3C99AE #AE3C60 #AE8A3C

monochromatic

#1D4953 #2C7180 #3C99AE #5FB5C8 #8DCAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3C99AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3C99AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C99AE

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C99AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C99AE	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A94AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c99ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.091 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb7c6',
    500: '#3c99ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c99ae;
$custom-light: #7fb7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c99ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63656,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C99AE

secondary

#C28F83

accent

#6950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C99AE

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

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