#3C99BD#3C99BD

#3C99BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.101 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C99BD
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -15.80, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 30.98, 239.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0687 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.101 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4363, 27.4148, 52.2434)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3C99BD #BD603C

analogous

#3CBDA1 #3C99BD #3C59BD

triadic

#3C99BD #BD3C99 #99BD3C

tetradic

#3C99BD #A13CBD #BD603C #59BD3C

square

#3C99BD #A13CBD #BD603C #59BD3C

split-complementary

#3C99BD #BD3C59 #BDA13C

monochromatic

#1F4E60 #2D738F #3C99BD #67B2CF #96CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#3C99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#3C99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C99BD

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C99BD	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.101 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7d1',
    500: '#3c99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c99bd;
$custom-light: #81b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64302,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C99BD

secondary

#C99D8C

accent

#744DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C99BD

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

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