#3C9DC2#3C9DC2

#3C9DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DC2
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -16.33, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 31.82, 239.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.071 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.104 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6541, 28.9670, 55.3730)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DC2 #C2613C

analogous

#3CC2A4 #3C9DC2 #3C5AC2

triadic

#3C9DC2 #C23C9D #9DC23C

tetradic

#3C9DC2 #A43CC2 #C2613C #5AC23C

square

#3C9DC2 #A43CC2 #C2613C #5AC23C

split-complementary

#3C9DC2 #C23C5A #C2A43C

monochromatic

#1F5165 #2E7793 #3C9DC2 #6AB5D1 #99CCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#3C9DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#3C9DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DC2

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DC2	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad4',
    500: '#3c9dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dc2;
$custom-light: #82bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65484,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DC2

secondary

#CB9F8F

accent

#744CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DC2

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

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