#3C9DB7#3C9DB7

#3C9DB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.097 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DB7
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(193, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -19.87, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 29.48, 227.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0752 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.097 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4642, 28.4910, 49.1060)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DB7 #B7563C

analogous

#3CB793 #3C9DB7 #3C5FB7

triadic

#3C9DB7 #B73C9D #9DB73C

tetradic

#3C9DB7 #933CB7 #B7563C #5FB73C

square

#3C9DB7 #933CB7 #B7563C #5FB73C

split-complementary

#3C9DB7 #B73C5F #B7933C

monochromatic

#1E4E5B #2D7589 #3C9DB7 #64B6CC #92CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3C9DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#3C9DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DB7

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DB7	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.097 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bacc',
    500: '#3c9db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9db7;
$custom-light: #80bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.683,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65005,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DB7

secondary

#C69588

accent

#6B4EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DB7

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

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