#3C9BBF#3C9BBF

#3C9BBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.102 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BBF
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -16.23, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 31.27, 238.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.07 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.102 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9850, 28.1624, 53.5046)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BBF #BF603C

analogous

#3CBFA2 #3C9BBF #3C59BF

triadic

#3C9BBF #BF3C9B #9BBF3C

tetradic

#3C9BBF #A23CBF #BF603C #59BF3C

square

#3C9BBF #A23CBF #BF603C #59BF3C

split-complementary

#3C9BBF #BF3C59 #BFA23C

monochromatic

#1F4F62 #2D7590 #3C9BBF #68B3D0 #97CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#3C9BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#3C9BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BBF

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BBF	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.102 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8d2',
    500: '#3c9bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bbf;
$custom-light: #81b8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64871,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BBF

secondary

#CA9E8D

accent

#744CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BBF

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

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