#3C9DCB#3C9DCB

#3C9DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.112 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DCB
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -13.35, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 34.48, 247.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0677 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.112 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6957, 29.3836, 60.8584)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DCB #CB6A3C

analogous

#3CCBB2 #3C9DCB #3C56CB

triadic

#3C9DCB #CB3C9D #9DCB3C

tetradic

#3C9DCB #B23CCB #CB6A3C #56CB3C

square

#3C9DCB #B23CCB #CB6A3C #56CB3C

split-complementary

#3C9DCB #CB3C56 #CBB23C

monochromatic

#1E556F #2A7A9F #3C9DCB #6CB5D8 #9DCEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3C9DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#3C9DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DCB

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DCB	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.112 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9db',
    500: '#3c9dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dcb;
$custom-light: #83b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65897,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DCB

secondary

#D1A692

accent

#7847E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DCB

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

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