#3C9BD3#3C9BD3

#3C9BD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BD3
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 211)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 26.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -9.55, -36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 37.86, 255.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0631 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.121 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3381, 29.1036, 65.8976)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BD3 #D3743C

analogous

#3CD3C0 #3C9BD3 #3C4FD3

triadic

#3C9BD3 #D33C9B #9BD33C

tetradic

#3C9BD3 #C03CD3 #D3743C #4FD33C

square

#3C9BD3 #C03CD3 #D3743C #4FD33C

split-complementary

#3C9BD3 #D33C4F #D3C03C

monochromatic

#1B5679 #277AAB #3C9BD3 #6EB5DE #A0CEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3C9BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#3C9BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BD3

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BD3	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8e0',
    500: '#3c9bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bd3;
$custom-light: #84b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.252,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65815,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BD3

secondary

#D6AD95

accent

#7F42E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BD3

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

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