#3C9CBD#3C9CBD

#3C9CBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.101 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CBD
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -17.42, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 30.68, 235.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0718 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.101 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9335, 28.4092, 52.4091)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CBD #BD5D3C

analogous

#3CBD9E #3C9CBD #3C5CBD

triadic

#3C9CBD #BD3C9C #9CBD3C

tetradic

#3C9CBD #9E3CBD #BD5D3C #5CBD3C

square

#3C9CBD #9E3CBD #BD5D3C #5CBD3C

split-complementary

#3C9CBD #BD3C5C #BD9E3C

monochromatic

#1F4F60 #2D768F #3C9CBD #67B4CF #96CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3C9CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#3C9CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CBD

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CBD	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.101 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9d1',
    500: '#3c9cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cbd;
$custom-light: #81b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65022,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CBD

secondary

#C99B8C

accent

#714DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CBD

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

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