#3C9BC9#3C9BC9

#3C9BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.111 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3C9BC9
RGBrgb(60, 155, 201)
HSLhsl(200, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(200, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(60.44, -12.92, -31.71)
CIE-LCHlch(60.44, 34.25, 247.83°)
OKLaboklab(65.33% -0.0664 -0.0891)
OKLCHoklch(65.33% 0.111 233.3)
XYZxyz(24.1233, 28.6177, 59.4994)
Luminance0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3C9BC9 #C96A3C
analogous
#3CC9B0 #3C9BC9 #3C54C9
triadic
#3C9BC9 #C93C9B #9BC93C
tetradic
#3C9BC9 #B03CC9 #C96A3C #54C93C
square
#3C9BC9 #B03CC9 #C96A3C #54C93C
split-complementary
#3C9BC9 #C93C54 #C9B03C
monochromatic
#1E536D #2B789C #3C9BC9 #6CB4D6 #9CCCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12
#3C9BC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72
#3C9BC9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BC9
6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3C9BC9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3C9BC91.003.126.726.72
#FFFFFF3.121.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7221.001.001.00
##0000006.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#849ACB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#718CC8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A7AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3c9bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.111 233.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8d9',
    500: '#3c9bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3c9bc9;
$custom-light: #83b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3c9bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.574,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65331,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3C9BC9
secondary
#D0A691
accent
#7948E0
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0C1114
muted
#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BC9

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#3C9BC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva