#3C9CC0#3C9CC0

#3C9CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.103 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CC0
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -16.44, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 31.41, 238.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0707 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.103 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2625, 28.5408, 54.1419)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CC0 #C0603C

analogous

#3CC0A2 #3C9CC0 #3C5AC0

triadic

#3C9CC0 #C03C9C #9CC03C

tetradic

#3C9CC0 #A23CC0 #C0603C #5AC03C

square

#3C9CC0 #A23CC0 #C0603C #5AC03C

split-complementary

#3C9CC0 #C03C5A #C0A23C

monochromatic

#1F5063 #2D7691 #3C9CC0 #69B4D0 #98CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3C9CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#3C9CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CC0

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CC0	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.103 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d3',
    500: '#3c9cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cc0;
$custom-light: #82b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65155,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CC0

secondary

#CA9E8D

accent

#734CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CC0

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

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