#3C9ACD#3C9ACD

#3C9ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9ACD
RGB	rgb(60, 154, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -11.03, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 35.89, 252.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0641 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.116 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4342, 28.4769, 61.9546)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9ACD #CD6F3C

analogous

#3CCDB7 #3C9ACD #3C52CD

triadic

#3C9ACD #CD3C9A #9ACD3C

tetradic

#3C9ACD #B73CCD #CD6F3C #52CD3C

square

#3C9ACD #B73CCD #CD6F3C #52CD3C

split-complementary

#3C9ACD #CD3C52 #CDB73C

monochromatic

#1D5471 #2A78A2 #3C9ACD #6DB3D9 #9DCCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3C9ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#3C9ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9ACD

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9ACD	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 154, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7dc',
    500: '#3c9acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9acd;
$custom-light: #83b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.103,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65287,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9ACD

secondary

#D2A993

accent

#7D45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9ACD

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

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