#3C99C9#3C99C9

#3C99C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.112 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3C99C9
RGBrgb(60, 153, 201)
HSLhsl(200, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(200, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.85, -11.82, -32.63)
CIE-LCHlch(59.85, 34.71, 250.09°)
OKLaboklab(64.86% -0.0644 -0.0918)
OKLCHoklch(64.86% 0.112 234.9)
XYZxyz(23.7932, 27.9575, 59.3894)
Luminance0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3C99C9 #C96C3C
analogous
#3CC9B3 #3C99C9 #3C52C9
triadic
#3C99C9 #C93C99 #99C93C
tetradic
#3C99C9 #B33CC9 #C96C3C #52C93C
square
#3C99C9 #B33CC9 #C96C3C #52C93C
split-complementary
#3C99C9 #C93C52 #C9B33C
monochromatic
#1E526D #2B769C #3C99C9 #6CB2D6 #9CCBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19
#3C99C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59
#3C99C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C99C9
6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3C99C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3C99C91.003.196.596.59
#FFFFFF3.191.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5921.001.001.00
##0000006.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8298CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F8AC8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A6A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3c99c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.112 234.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7d9',
    500: '#3c99c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3c99c9;
$custom-light: #83b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3c99c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64859,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3C99C9
secondary
#D0A691
accent
#7C48E0
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0C1114
muted
#7D8083

Preview Lab

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#3C99C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva