#3C9BB3#3C9BB3

#3C9BB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.094 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BB3
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -20.08, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 28.82, 225.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0747 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.094 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7182, 27.6557, 46.8326)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BB3 #B3543C

analogous

#3CB390 #3C9BB3 #3C60B3

triadic

#3C9BB3 #B33C9B #9BB33C

tetradic

#3C9BB3 #903CB3 #B3543C #60B33C

square

#3C9BB3 #903CB3 #B3543C #60B33C

split-complementary

#3C9BB3 #B33C60 #B3903C

monochromatic

#1D4C57 #2D7385 #3C9BB3 #62B5CA #90CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3C9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#3C9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BB3

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BB3	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.094 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8c9',
    500: '#3c9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bb3;
$custom-light: #80b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.101,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64351,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BB3

secondary

#C59386

accent

#6A4ED9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BB3

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

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