#3C9DC9#3C9DC9

#3C9DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.110 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DC9
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -14.02, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 33.83, 245.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0684 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.11 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4589, 29.2889, 59.6113)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DC9 #C9683C

analogous

#3CC9AE #3C9DC9 #3C56C9

triadic

#3C9DC9 #C93C9D #9DC93C

tetradic

#3C9DC9 #AE3CC9 #C9683C #56C93C

square

#3C9DC9 #AE3CC9 #C9683C #56C93C

split-complementary

#3C9DC9 #C93C56 #C9AE3C

monochromatic

#1E546D #2B799C #3C9DC9 #6CB5D6 #9CCDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#3C9DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#3C9DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DC9

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DC9	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.110 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad9',
    500: '#3c9dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dc9;
$custom-light: #83bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.723,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65803,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DC9

secondary

#D0A591

accent

#7748E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DC9

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

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