#3C9DC0#3C9DC0

#3C9DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DC0
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -16.98, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 31.31, 237.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.0717 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.103 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4310, 28.8778, 54.1980)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DC0 #C05F3C

analogous

#3CC0A1 #3C9DC0 #3C5BC0

triadic

#3C9DC0 #C03C9D #9DC03C

tetradic

#3C9DC0 #A13CC0 #C05F3C #5BC03C

square

#3C9DC0 #A13CC0 #C05F3C #5BC03C

split-complementary

#3C9DC0 #C03C5B #C0A13C

monochromatic

#1F5163 #2D7791 #3C9DC0 #69B5D0 #98CCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#3C9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#3C9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DC0

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DC0	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad3',
    500: '#3c9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dc0;
$custom-light: #82bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65394,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DC0

secondary

#CA9E8D

accent

#724CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DC0

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

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