#3C9DBE#3C9DBE

#3C9DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.101 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DBE
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, -17.63, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 30.84, 235.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0725 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.101 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2109, 28.7897, 53.0389)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DBE #BE5D3C

analogous

#3CBE9E #3C9DBE #3C5CBE

triadic

#3C9DBE #BE3C9D #9DBE3C

tetradic

#3C9DBE #9E3CBE #BE5D3C #5CBE3C

square

#3C9DBE #9E3CBE #BE5D3C #5CBE3C

split-complementary

#3C9DBE #BE3C5C #BE9E3C

monochromatic

#1F5061 #2D778F #3C9DBE #68B5CF #96CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#3C9DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#3C9DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DBE

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DBE	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.101 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad1',
    500: '#3c9dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dbe;
$custom-light: #81bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.231,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65306,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DBE

secondary

#CA9C8C

accent

#714CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DBE

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

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