#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
RGB	rgb(60, 156, 227)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 31.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -4.61, -43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 44.16, 264.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0591 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.138 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6117, 30.2805, 77.0476)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##3C9CE3	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3C9CE3

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

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