#3C9CC9#3C9CC9

#3C9CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.111 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CC9
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -13.47, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 34.03, 246.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0674 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.111 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2904, 28.9519, 59.5551)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CC9 #C9693C

analogous

#3CC9AF #3C9CC9 #3C55C9

triadic

#3C9CC9 #C93C9C #9CC93C

tetradic

#3C9CC9 #AF3CC9 #C9693C #55C93C

square

#3C9CC9 #AF3CC9 #C9693C #55C93C

split-complementary

#3C9CC9 #C93C55 #C9AF3C

monochromatic

#1E536D #2B789C #3C9CC9 #6CB4D6 #9CCDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#3C9CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#3C9CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CC9

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CC9	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.111 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9d9',
    500: '#3c9cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cc9;
$custom-light: #83b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65567,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CC9

secondary

#D0A591

accent

#7848E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CC9

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

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