#3C9BC6#3C9BC6

#3C9BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.108 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BC6
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -13.92, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 33.28, 245.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0675 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.108 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7738, 28.4779, 57.6590)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BC6 #C6673C

analogous

#3CC6AC #3C9BC6 #3C56C6

triadic

#3C9BC6 #C63C9B #9BC63C

tetradic

#3C9BC6 #AC3CC6 #C6673C #56C63C

square

#3C9BC6 #AC3CC6 #C6673C #56C63C

split-complementary

#3C9BC6 #C63C56 #C6AC3C

monochromatic

#1F5269 #2D7798 #3C9BC6 #6BB3D4 #9BCCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3C9BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#3C9BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BC6

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BC6	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.108 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8d7',
    500: '#3c9bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bc6;
$custom-light: #82b8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6519,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BC6

secondary

#CEA390

accent

#784ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BC6

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

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