#3C9DB4#3C9DB4

#3C9DB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.095 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DB4
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -20.82, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 29.04, 224.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0764 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.095 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1553, 28.3675, 47.4790)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DB4 #B4533C

analogous

#3CB48F #3C9DB4 #3C61B4

triadic

#3C9DB4 #B43C9D #9DB43C

tetradic

#3C9DB4 #8F3CB4 #B4533C #61B43C

square

#3C9DB4 #8F3CB4 #B4533C #61B43C

split-complementary

#3C9DB4 #B43C61 #B48F3C

monochromatic

#1D4D58 #2D7586 #3C9DB4 #62B7CB #90CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#3C9DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#3C9DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DB4

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DB4	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.095 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80baca',
    500: '#3c9db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9db4;
$custom-light: #80baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6488,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DB4

secondary

#C59387

accent

#694EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DB4

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

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