#3C9DC6#3C9DC6

#3C9DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.108 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DC6
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -15.01, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 32.93, 242.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.0695 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.108 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1094, 29.1491, 57.7708)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DC6 #C6653C

analogous

#3CC6AA #3C9DC6 #3C58C6

triadic

#3C9DC6 #C63C9D #9DC63C

tetradic

#3C9DC6 #AA3CC6 #C6653C #58C63C

square

#3C9DC6 #AA3CC6 #C6653C #58C63C

split-complementary

#3C9DC6 #C63C58 #C6AA3C

monochromatic

#1F5369 #2D7898 #3C9DC6 #6BB5D4 #9BCDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#3C9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#3C9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DC6

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DC6	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.108 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad7',
    500: '#3c9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dc6;
$custom-light: #82bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65665,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DC6

secondary

#CEA290

accent

#764ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DC6

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

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