#3C9BB2#3C9BB2

#3C9BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.094 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BB2
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -20.40, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 28.68, 224.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0751 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.094 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6174, 27.6154, 46.3019)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BB2 #B2533C

analogous

#3CB28E #3C9BB2 #3C60B2

triadic

#3C9BB2 #B23C9B #9BB23C

tetradic

#3C9BB2 #8E3CB2 #B2533C #60B23C

square

#3C9BB2 #8E3CB2 #B2533C #60B23C

split-complementary

#3C9BB2 #B23C60 #B28E3C

monochromatic

#1D4B56 #2D7384 #3C9BB2 #61B5CA #8FCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3C9BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#3C9BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BB2

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BB2	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.094 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8c9',
    500: '#3c9bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bb2;
$custom-light: #80b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.695,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6431,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BB2

secondary

#C49286

accent

#6A4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BB2

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

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