#3C9CE3#3C9CE3

#3C9CE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.138 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3C9CE3
RGBrgb(60, 156, 227)
HSLhsl(206, 75%, 56%)
HSVhsv(206, 74%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(73.6%, 31.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(61.90, -4.61, -43.92)
CIE-LCHlch(61.90, 44.16, 264.01°)
OKLaboklab(66.86% -0.0591 -0.1245)
OKLCHoklch(66.86% 0.138 244.6)
XYZxyz(27.6117, 30.2805, 77.0476)
Luminance0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3C9CE3 #E3833C
analogous
#3CE3D7 #3C9CE3 #3C49E3
triadic
#3C9CE3 #E33C9C #9CE33C
tetradic
#3C9CE3 #D73CE3 #E3833C #49E33C
square
#3C9CE3 #D73CE3 #E3833C #49E33C
split-complementary
#3C9CE3 #E33C49 #E3D73C
monochromatic
#155C90 #1C7EC5 #3C9CE3 #72B7EB #A7D2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98
#3C9CE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06
#3C9CE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9CE3
7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3C9CE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3C9CE31.002.987.067.06
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0621.001.001.00
##0000007.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B9EE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#648FE2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3c9ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 156, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.138 244.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8ec',
    500: '#3c9ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3c9ce3;
$custom-light: #87b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3c9ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.509,
    "s": 74.888,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66864,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3C9CE3
secondary
#E0B89B
accent
#8636F2
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FD
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#3C9CE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva