#3C9AC8#3C9AC8

#3C9AC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9AC8
RGB	rgb(60, 154, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 23%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -12.71, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 34.13, 248.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0658 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.111 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8403, 28.2393, 58.8267)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9AC8 #C86A3C

analogous

#3CC8B0 #3C9AC8 #3C54C8

triadic

#3C9AC8 #C83C9A #9AC83C

tetradic

#3C9AC8 #B03CC8 #C86A3C #54C83C

square

#3C9AC8 #B03CC8 #C86A3C #54C83C

split-complementary

#3C9AC8 #C83C54 #C8B03C

monochromatic

#1E526B #2C769B #3C9AC8 #6CB3D5 #9BCBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#3C9AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#3C9AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9AC8

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9AC8	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 154, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7d9',
    500: '#3c9ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ac8;
$custom-light: #82b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65047,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9AC8

secondary

#CFA591

accent

#7A49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9AC8

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

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