#3C9ABE#3C9ABE

#3C9ABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.102 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9ABE
RGB	rgb(60, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -16.01, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 31.13, 239.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0694 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.102 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7096, 27.7871, 52.8718)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9ABE #BE603C

analogous

#3CBEA1 #3C9ABE #3C59BE

triadic

#3C9ABE #BE3C9A #9ABE3C

tetradic

#3C9ABE #A13CBE #BE603C #59BE3C

square

#3C9ABE #A13CBE #BE603C #59BE3C

split-complementary

#3C9ABE #BE3C59 #BEA13C

monochromatic

#1F4F61 #2D748F #3C9ABE #68B3CF #96CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#3C9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#3C9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9ABE

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9ABE	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.102 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7d1',
    500: '#3c9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9abe;
$custom-light: #81b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.615,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64587,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9ABE

secondary

#CA9D8C

accent

#744CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9ABE

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

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