#3C9DCD#3C9DCD

#3C9DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.114 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DCD
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -12.69, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 35.14, 248.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.067 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.114 234)
XYZ	xyz(24.9355, 29.4796, 62.1217)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DCD #CD6C3C

analogous

#3CCDB5 #3C9DCD #3C55CD

triadic

#3C9DCD #CD3C9D #9DCD3C

tetradic

#3C9DCD #B53CCD #CD6C3C #55CD3C

square

#3C9DCD #B53CCD #CD6C3C #55CD3C

split-complementary

#3C9DCD #CD3C55 #CDB53C

monochromatic

#1D5671 #2A7AA2 #3C9DCD #6DB5D9 #9DCEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3C9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#3C9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DCD

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DCD	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.114 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9dc',
    500: '#3c9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dcd;
$custom-light: #83b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.862,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65991,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.29482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DCD

secondary

#D2A893

accent

#7945E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DCD

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

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