#3C9DB2#3C9DB2

#3C9DB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.094 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DB2
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -21.44, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 28.80, 221.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0772 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.094 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9530, 28.2866, 46.4137)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DB2 #B2513C

analogous

#3CB28C #3C9DB2 #3C62B2

triadic

#3C9DB2 #B23C9D #9DB23C

tetradic

#3C9DB2 #8C3CB2 #B2513C #62B23C

square

#3C9DB2 #8C3CB2 #B2513C #62B23C

split-complementary

#3C9DB2 #B23C62 #B28C3C

monochromatic

#1D4C56 #2D7584 #3C9DB2 #61B7CA #8FCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#3C9DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#3C9DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DB2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DB2	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.094 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bac9',
    500: '#3c9db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9db2;
$custom-light: #80bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64798,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DB2

secondary

#C49186

accent

#674FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DB2

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

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