#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
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -11.82, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 34.71, 250.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0644 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.112 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7932, 27.9575, 59.3894)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##3C99C9	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3C99C9

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

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