#3C9CC3#3C9CC3

#3C9CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.105 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CC3
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -15.46, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 32.22, 241.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0696 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.105 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5983, 28.6751, 55.9103)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CC3 #C3633C

analogous

#3CC3A6 #3C9CC3 #3C59C3

triadic

#3C9CC3 #C33C9C #9CC33C

tetradic

#3C9CC3 #A63CC3 #C3633C #59C33C

square

#3C9CC3 #A63CC3 #C3633C #59C33C

split-complementary

#3C9CC3 #C33C59 #C3A63C

monochromatic

#1F5165 #2E7794 #3C9CC3 #6BB4D1 #9ACCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3C9CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#3C9CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CC3

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CC3	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.105 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d5',
    500: '#3c9cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cc3;
$custom-light: #82b9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6529,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CC3

secondary

#CCA18F

accent

#754BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CC3

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

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