#3C9BC8#3C9BC8

#3C9BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.110 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BC8
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -13.26, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 33.92, 246.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0668 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.11 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0060, 28.5708, 58.8819)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BC8 #C8693C

analogous

#3CC8AF #3C9BC8 #3C55C8

triadic

#3C9BC8 #C83C9B #9BC83C

tetradic

#3C9BC8 #AF3CC8 #C8693C #55C83C

square

#3C9BC8 #AF3CC8 #C8693C #55C83C

split-complementary

#3C9BC8 #C83C55 #C8AF3C

monochromatic

#1E536B #2C779B #3C9BC8 #6CB3D5 #9BCCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3C9BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#3C9BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BC8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BC8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.110 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8d9',
    500: '#3c9bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bc8;
$custom-light: #83b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65284,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BC8

secondary

#CFA591

accent

#7949DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BC8

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

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