#3C9BC5#3C9BC5

#3C9BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BC5
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -14.26, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 32.97, 244.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0678 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.108 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6588, 28.4319, 57.0535)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BC5 #C5663C

analogous

#3CC5AA #3C9BC5 #3C56C5

triadic

#3C9BC5 #C53C9B #9BC53C

tetradic

#3C9BC5 #AA3CC5 #C5663C #56C53C

square

#3C9BC5 #AA3CC5 #C5663C #56C53C

split-complementary

#3C9BC5 #C53C56 #C5AA3C

monochromatic

#1F5168 #2D7697 #3C9BC5 #6BB3D3 #9ACBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3C9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#3C9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BC5

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BC5	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8d6',
    500: '#3c9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bc5;
$custom-light: #82b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.394,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BC5

secondary

#CDA390

accent

#774ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BC5

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

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