#3C9BD9#3C9BD9

#3C9BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.127 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9BD9
RGB	rgb(60, 155, 217)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -7.50, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 40.26, 259.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0611 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.127 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1043, 29.4101, 69.9331)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9BD9 #D97A3C

analogous

#3CD9C8 #3C9BD9 #3C4DD9

triadic

#3C9BD9 #D93C9B #9BD93C

tetradic

#3C9BD9 #C83CD9 #D97A3C #4DD93C

square

#3C9BD9 #C83CD9 #D97A3C #4DD93C

split-complementary

#3C9BD9 #D93C4D #D9C83C

monochromatic

#195881 #237BB5 #3C9BD9 #6FB5E3 #A2D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3C9BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#3C9BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9BD9

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9BD9	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 155, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.127 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8e5',
    500: '#3c9bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9bd9;
$custom-light: #85b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.694,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66116,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9BD9

secondary

#DAB197

accent

#823EEA

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9BD9

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

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