#3C9DC8#3C9DC8

#3C9DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.109 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3C9DC8
RGBrgb(60, 157, 200)
HSLhsl(198, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(198, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(60.99, -14.35, -30.30)
CIE-LCHlch(60.99, 33.52, 244.65°)
OKLaboklab(65.76% -0.0688 -0.085)
OKLCHoklch(65.76% 0.109 231)
XYZxyz(24.3416, 29.2420, 58.9938)
Luminance0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3C9DC8 #C8673C
analogous
#3CC8AD #3C9DC8 #3C57C8
triadic
#3C9DC8 #C83C9D #9DC83C
tetradic
#3C9DC8 #AD3CC8 #C8673C #57C83C
square
#3C9DC8 #AD3CC8 #C8673C #57C83C
split-complementary
#3C9DC8 #C83C57 #C8AD3C
monochromatic
#1E546B #2C799B #3C9DC8 #6CB5D5 #9BCDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07
#3C9DC8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85
#3C9DC8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DC8
6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3C9DC8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3C9DC81.003.076.856.85
#FFFFFF3.071.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8521.001.001.00
##0000006.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#879BCA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#748DC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3c9dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.109 231.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad9',
    500: '#3c9dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3c9dc8;
$custom-light: #83bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3c9dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65757,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.29245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3C9DC8
secondary
#CFA491
accent
#7749DF
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0C1114
muted
#7D8083

Preview Lab

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#3C9DC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva