#3C9CBE#3C9CBE

#3C9CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.101 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CBE
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, -17.09, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 30.92, 236.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0714 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.101 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0425, 28.4528, 52.9828)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CBE #BE5E3C

analogous

#3CBE9F #3C9CBE #3C5BBE

triadic

#3C9CBE #BE3C9C #9CBE3C

tetradic

#3C9CBE #9F3CBE #BE5E3C #5BBE3C

square

#3C9CBE #9F3CBE #BE5E3C #5BBE3C

split-complementary

#3C9CBE #BE3C5B #BE9F3C

monochromatic

#1F5061 #2D768F #3C9CBE #68B4CF #96CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3C9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#3C9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CBE

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CBE	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.101 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9d1',
    500: '#3c9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cbe;
$custom-light: #81b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65066,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CBE

secondary

#CA9C8C

accent

#724CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CBE

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

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