#3C9BD8#3C9BD8

#3C9BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.126 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BD8
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -7.84, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 39.85, 258.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0615 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.126 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9747, 29.3583, 69.2502)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BD8 #D8793C

analogous

#3CD8C7 #3C9BD8 #3C4DD8

triadic

#3C9BD8 #D83C9B #9BD83C

tetradic

#3C9BD8 #C73CD8 #D8793C #4DD83C

square

#3C9BD8 #C73CD8 #D8793C #4DD83C

split-complementary

#3C9BD8 #D83C4D #D8C73C

monochromatic

#1A5880 #247BB3 #3C9BD8 #6FB5E2 #A2CFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#3C9BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#3C9BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BD8

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BD8	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.126 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8e4',
    500: '#3c9bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bd8;
$custom-light: #85b8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.462,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66065,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BD8

secondary

#D9B197

accent

#813EEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BD8

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

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