#3C9BC0#3C9BC0

#3C9BC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.103 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BC0
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 192)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -15.90, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 31.53, 239.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0697 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.103 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0954, 28.2066, 54.0862)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BC0 #C0613C

analogous

#3CC0A3 #3C9BC0 #3C59C0

triadic

#3C9BC0 #C03C9B #9BC03C

tetradic

#3C9BC0 #A33CC0 #C0613C #59C03C

square

#3C9BC0 #A33CC0 #C0613C #59C03C

split-complementary

#3C9BC0 #C03C59 #C0A33C

monochromatic

#1F5063 #2D7591 #3C9BC0 #69B3D0 #98CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#3C9BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#3C9BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BC0

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BC0	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8798C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.103 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8d3',
    500: '#3c9bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bc0;
$custom-light: #81b8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64916,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BC0

secondary

#CA9F8D

accent

#744CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BC0

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

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