#3C9CC8#3C9CC8

#3C9CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.110 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CC8
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -13.81, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 33.71, 245.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0678 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.11 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1731, 28.9050, 58.9376)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CC8 #C8683C

analogous

#3CC8AE #3C9CC8 #3C56C8

triadic

#3C9CC8 #C83C9C #9CC83C

tetradic

#3C9CC8 #AE3CC8 #C8683C #56C83C

square

#3C9CC8 #AE3CC8 #C8683C #56C83C

split-complementary

#3C9CC8 #C83C56 #C8AE3C

monochromatic

#1E536B #2C789B #3C9CC8 #6CB4D5 #9BCCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#3C9CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#3C9CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CC8

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CC8	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.110 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9d9',
    500: '#3c9cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cc8;
$custom-light: #83b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6552,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CC8

secondary

#CFA491

accent

#7849DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CC8

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

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