#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
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -12.92, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 34.25, 247.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0664 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.111 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1233, 28.6177, 59.4994)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##3C9BC9	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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