#3C9BC4#3C9BC4

#3C9BC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BC4
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -14.59, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 32.67, 243.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0682 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.107 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5447, 28.3863, 56.4521)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BC4 #C4653C

analogous

#3CC4A9 #3C9BC4 #3C57C4

triadic

#3C9BC4 #C43C9B #9BC43C

tetradic

#3C9BC4 #A93CC4 #C4653C #57C43C

square

#3C9BC4 #A93CC4 #C4653C #57C43C

split-complementary

#3C9BC4 #C43C57 #C4A93C

monochromatic

#1F5167 #2D7696 #3C9BC4 #6BB3D2 #9ACBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3C9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#3C9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BC4

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BC4	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8d6',
    500: '#3c9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bc4;
$custom-light: #82b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65098,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BC4

secondary

#CCA290

accent

#774BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BC4

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

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