#3C99C8#3C99C8

#3C99C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.111 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C99C8
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -12.16, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 34.36, 249.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0648 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.111 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6759, 27.9106, 58.7719)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C99C8 #C86B3C

analogous

#3CC8B1 #3C99C8 #3C53C8

triadic

#3C99C8 #C83C99 #99C83C

tetradic

#3C99C8 #B13CC8 #C86B3C #53C83C

square

#3C99C8 #B13CC8 #C86B3C #53C83C

split-complementary

#3C99C8 #C83C53 #C8B13C

monochromatic

#1E516B #2C769B #3C99C8 #6CB2D5 #9BCBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#3C99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#3C99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C99C8

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C99C8	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8298CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.111 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7d9',
    500: '#3c99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c99c8;
$custom-light: #82b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64811,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C99C8

secondary

#CFA691

accent

#7B49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C99C8

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

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