#3C9DBD#3C9DBD

#3C9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.101 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DBD
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -17.95, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 30.61, 234.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0729 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.101 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1020, 28.7462, 52.4653)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DBD #BD5C3C

analogous

#3CBD9D #3C9DBD #3C5DBD

triadic

#3C9DBD #BD3C9D #9DBD3C

tetradic

#3C9DBD #9D3CBD #BD5C3C #5DBD3C

square

#3C9DBD #9D3CBD #BD5C3C #5DBD3C

split-complementary

#3C9DBD #BD3C5D #BD9D3C

monochromatic

#1F5060 #2D768F #3C9DBD #67B5CF #96CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#3C9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#3C9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DBD

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DBD	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.101 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad1',
    500: '#3c9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dbd;
$custom-light: #81bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.884,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65262,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DBD

secondary

#C99B8C

accent

#704DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DBD

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

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