#3C9ABC#3C9ABC

#3C9ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.100 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9ABC
RGB	rgb(60, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -16.67, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 30.62, 237.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0701 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.1 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4925, 27.7002, 51.7285)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9ABC #BC5E3C

analogous

#3CBC9E #3C9ABC #3C5ABC

triadic

#3C9ABC #BC3C9A #9ABC3C

tetradic

#3C9ABC #9E3CBC #BC5E3C #5ABC3C

square

#3C9ABC #9E3CBC #BC5E3C #5ABC3C

split-complementary

#3C9ABC #BC3C5A #BC9E3C

monochromatic

#1E4E5F #2D748E #3C9ABC #67B3CE #95CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3C9ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#3C9ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9ABC

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9ABC	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.100 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7d0',
    500: '#3c9abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9abc;
$custom-light: #81b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64497,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9ABC

secondary

#C99B8B

accent

#734DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9ABC

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

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