#3C9BC3#3C9BC3

#3C9BC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.106 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BC3
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -14.92, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 32.37, 242.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0686 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.106 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4312, 28.3409, 55.8546)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BC3 #C3643C

analogous

#3CC3A8 #3C9BC3 #3C57C3

triadic

#3C9BC3 #C33C9B #9BC33C

tetradic

#3C9BC3 #A83CC3 #C3643C #57C33C

square

#3C9BC3 #A83CC3 #C3643C #57C33C

split-complementary

#3C9BC3 #C33C57 #C3A83C

monochromatic

#1F5165 #2E7694 #3C9BC3 #6BB3D1 #9ACBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#3C9BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#3C9BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BC3

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BC3	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.106 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8d5',
    500: '#3c9bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bc3;
$custom-light: #82b8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65052,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BC3

secondary

#CCA18F

accent

#764BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BC3

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

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