#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
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -14.35, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 33.52, 244.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0688 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.109 231)
XYZ	xyz(24.3416, 29.2420, 58.9938)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##3C9DC8	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3C9DC8

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

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