#3C9CD8#3C9CD8

#3C9CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.126 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CD8
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -8.40, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 39.52, 257.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.0624 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.126 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1418, 29.6925, 69.3059)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CD8 #D8783C

analogous

#3CD8C6 #3C9CD8 #3C4ED8

triadic

#3C9CD8 #D83C9C #9CD83C

tetradic

#3C9CD8 #C63CD8 #D8783C #4ED83C

square

#3C9CD8 #C63CD8 #D8783C #4ED83C

split-complementary

#3C9CD8 #D83C4E #D8C63C

monochromatic

#1A5980 #247CB3 #3C9CD8 #6FB6E2 #A2D0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#3C9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#3C9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CD8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CD8	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.126 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9e4',
    500: '#3c9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cd8;
$custom-light: #85b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66296,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CD8

secondary

#D9B097

accent

#803EEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CD8

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

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