#3C9BB4#3C9BB4

#3C9BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.095 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BB4
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -19.77, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 28.97, 226.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0743 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.095 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8197, 27.6963, 47.3671)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BB4 #B4553C

analogous

#3CB491 #3C9BB4 #3C5FB4

triadic

#3C9BB4 #B43C9B #9BB43C

tetradic

#3C9BB4 #913CB4 #B4553C #5FB43C

square

#3C9BB4 #913CB4 #B4553C #5FB43C

split-complementary

#3C9BB4 #B43C5F #B4913C

monochromatic

#1D4C58 #2D7386 #3C9BB4 #62B5CB #90CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3C9BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#3C9BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BB4

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BB4	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.095 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8ca',
    500: '#3c9bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bb4;
$custom-light: #80b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64393,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BB4

secondary

#C59487

accent

#6B4EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BB4

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

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