#3C9DBF#3C9DBF

#3C9DBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.102 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DBF
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -17.30, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 31.07, 236.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0721 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.102 225)
XYZ	xyz(23.3206, 28.8336, 53.6165)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DBF #BF5E3C

analogous

#3CBFA0 #3C9DBF #3C5BBF

triadic

#3C9DBF #BF3C9D #9DBF3C

tetradic

#3C9DBF #A03CBF #BF5E3C #5BBF3C

square

#3C9DBF #A03CBF #BF5E3C #5BBF3C

split-complementary

#3C9DBF #BF3C5B #BFA03C

monochromatic

#1F5062 #2D7790 #3C9DBF #68B5D0 #97CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#3C9DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#3C9DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DBF

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DBF	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.102 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad2',
    500: '#3c9dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dbf;
$custom-light: #81bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6535,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.28836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DBF

secondary

#CA9D8D

accent

#714CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DBF

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

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