#3C9BBD#3C9BBD

#3C9BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.101 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BBD
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -16.88, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 30.77, 236.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0708 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.101 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7664, 28.0750, 52.3534)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BBD #BD5E3C

analogous

#3CBD9F #3C9BBD #3C5BBD

triadic

#3C9BBD #BD3C9B #9BBD3C

tetradic

#3C9BBD #9F3CBD #BD5E3C #5BBD3C

square

#3C9BBD #9F3CBD #BD5E3C #5BBD3C

split-complementary

#3C9BBD #BD3C5B #BD9F3C

monochromatic

#1F4F60 #2D758F #3C9BBD #67B4CF #96CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#3C9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#3C9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BBD

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BBD	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.101 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8d1',
    500: '#3c9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bbd;
$custom-light: #81b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64782,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BBD

secondary

#C99C8C

accent

#724DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BBD

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

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