#3C9CC2#3C9CC2

#3C9CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.105 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CC2
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -15.79, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 31.94, 240.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.07 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.105 228)
XYZ	xyz(23.4856, 28.6300, 55.3169)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CC2 #C2623C

analogous

#3CC2A5 #3C9CC2 #3C59C2

triadic

#3C9CC2 #C23C9C #9CC23C

tetradic

#3C9CC2 #A53CC2 #C2623C #59C23C

square

#3C9CC2 #A53CC2 #C2623C #59C23C

split-complementary

#3C9CC2 #C23C59 #C2A53C

monochromatic

#1F5165 #2E7693 #3C9CC2 #6AB4D1 #99CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3C9CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#3C9CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CC2

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CC2	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.105 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d4',
    500: '#3c9cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cc2;
$custom-light: #82b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65245,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.28633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CC2

secondary

#CBA08F

accent

#754CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CC2

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

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