#3C9CC6#3C9CC6

#3C9CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.108 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CC6
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 198)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -14.47, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 33.09, 244.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0685 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.108 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9409, 28.8121, 57.7147)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CC6 #C6663C

analogous

#3CC6AB #3C9CC6 #3C57C6

triadic

#3C9CC6 #C63C9C #9CC63C

tetradic

#3C9CC6 #AB3CC6 #C6663C #57C63C

square

#3C9CC6 #AB3CC6 #C6663C #57C63C

split-complementary

#3C9CC6 #C63C57 #C6AB3C

monochromatic

#1F5269 #2D7798 #3C9CC6 #6BB4D4 #9BCCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#3C9CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#3C9CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CC6

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CC6	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.108 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d7',
    500: '#3c9cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cc6;
$custom-light: #82b9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65427,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CC6

secondary

#CEA390

accent

#774ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CC6

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

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