#3C9CBC#3C9CBC

#3C9CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.100 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CBC
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -17.74, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 30.46, 234.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0722 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.1 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8254, 28.3659, 51.8394)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CBC #BC5C3C

analogous

#3CBC9C #3C9CBC #3C5CBC

triadic

#3C9CBC #BC3C9C #9CBC3C

tetradic

#3C9CBC #9C3CBC #BC5C3C #5CBC3C

square

#3C9CBC #9C3CBC #BC5C3C #5CBC3C

split-complementary

#3C9CBC #BC3C5C #BC9C3C

monochromatic

#1E4F5F #2D768E #3C9CBC #67B5CE #95CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#3C9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#3C9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CBC

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CBC	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.100 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9d0',
    500: '#3c9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cbc;
$custom-light: #81b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64978,
    "c": 0.09999,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CBC

secondary

#C99B8B

accent

#704DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CBC

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

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