#3C9ABB#3C9ABB

#3C9ABB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.100 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9ABB
RGB	rgb(60, 154, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -16.99, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 30.38, 235.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0705 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.1 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3851, 27.6573, 51.1627)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9ABB #BB5D3C

analogous

#3CBB9C #3C9ABB #3C5ABB

triadic

#3C9ABB #BB3C9A #9ABB3C

tetradic

#3C9ABB #9C3CBB #BB5D3C #5ABB3C

square

#3C9ABB #9C3CBB #BB5D3C #5ABB3C

split-complementary

#3C9ABB #BB3C5A #BB9C3C

monochromatic

#1E4E5E #2D748D #3C9ABB #66B3CE #95CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3C9ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#3C9ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9ABB

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9ABB	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 154, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.100 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7cf',
    500: '#3c9abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9abb;
$custom-light: #81b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.591,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64453,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9ABB

secondary

#C89B8B

accent

#724DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9ABB

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

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