#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
RGBrgb(60, 155, 198)
HSLhsl(199, 55%, 51%)
HSVhsv(199, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(69.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(60.32, -13.92, -30.22)
CIE-LCHlch(60.32, 33.28, 245.27°)
OKLaboklab(65.19% -0.0675 -0.0848)
OKLCHoklch(65.19% 0.108 231.5)
XYZxyz(23.7738, 28.4779, 57.6590)
Luminance0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##3C9BC61.003.146.706.70
#FFFFFF3.141.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7021.001.001.00
##0000006.7021.001.001.00

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

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#3C9BC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva