#3C9BCD#3C9BCD

#3C9BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BCD
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -11.58, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 35.63, 251.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0651 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.115 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5999, 28.8084, 62.0099)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BCD #CD6E3C

analogous

#3CCDB7 #3C9BCD #3C52CD

triadic

#3C9BCD #CD3C9B #9BCD3C

tetradic

#3C9BCD #B73CCD #CD6E3C #52CD3C

square

#3C9BCD #B73CCD #CD6E3C #52CD3C

split-complementary

#3C9BCD #CD3C52 #CDB73C

monochromatic

#1D5471 #2A79A2 #3C9BCD #6DB4D9 #9DCDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#3C9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#3C9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BCD

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BCD	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8dc',
    500: '#3c9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bcd;
$custom-light: #83b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65521,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BCD

secondary

#D2A993

accent

#7C45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BCD

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

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