#3C9CD9#3C9CD9

#3C9CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.127 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9CD9
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -8.06, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 39.92, 258.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0621 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.127 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2715, 29.7444, 69.9888)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9CD9 #D9793C

analogous

#3CD9C8 #3C9CD9 #3C4ED9

triadic

#3C9CD9 #D93C9C #9CD93C

tetradic

#3C9CD9 #C83CD9 #D9793C #4ED93C

square

#3C9CD9 #C83CD9 #D9793C #4ED93C

split-complementary

#3C9CD9 #D93C4E #D9C83C

monochromatic

#195981 #237CB5 #3C9CD9 #6FB6E3 #A2D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3C9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#3C9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CD9

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9CD9	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.127 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9e5',
    500: '#3c9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9cd9;
$custom-light: #85b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.312,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66347,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9CD9

secondary

#DAB197

accent

#813EEA

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9CD9

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

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