#3C99C6#3C99C6

#3C99C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.109 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C99C6
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 198)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -12.83, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 33.68, 247.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0655 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.109 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4437, 27.8177, 57.5490)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C99C6 #C6693C

analogous

#3CC6AE #3C99C6 #3C54C6

triadic

#3C99C6 #C63C99 #99C63C

tetradic

#3C99C6 #AE3CC6 #C6693C #54C63C

square

#3C99C6 #AE3CC6 #C6693C #54C63C

split-complementary

#3C99C6 #C63C54 #C6AE3C

monochromatic

#1F5169 #2D7598 #3C99C6 #6BB2D4 #9BCBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#3C99C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#3C99C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C99C6

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C99C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C99C6	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8397C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c99c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.109 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7d7',
    500: '#3c99c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c99c6;
$custom-light: #82b7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c99c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64717,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C99C6

secondary

#CEA490

accent

#7A4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C99C6

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

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