#3C9DBC#3C9DBC

#3C9DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.100 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DBC
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -18.27, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 30.40, 233.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0732 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.1 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9939, 28.7029, 51.8956)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DBC #BC5B3C

analogous

#3CBC9B #3C9DBC #3C5DBC

triadic

#3C9DBC #BC3C9D #9DBC3C

tetradic

#3C9DBC #9B3CBC #BC5B3C #5DBC3C

square

#3C9DBC #9B3CBC #BC5B3C #5DBC3C

split-complementary

#3C9DBC #BC3C5D #BC9B3C

monochromatic

#1E505F #2D768E #3C9DBC #67B5CE #95CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3C9DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#3C9DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DBC

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DBC	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.100 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad0',
    500: '#3c9dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dbc;
$custom-light: #81bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.531,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DBC

secondary

#C99A8B

accent

#6F4DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DBC

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

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