#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
RGBrgb(60, 157, 205)
HSLhsl(200, 59%, 52%)
HSVhsv(200, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(61.20, -12.69, -32.77)
CIE-LCHlch(61.20, 35.14, 248.84°)
OKLaboklab(65.99% -0.067 -0.0921)
OKLCHoklch(65.99% 0.114 234)
XYZxyz(24.9355, 29.4796, 62.1217)
Luminance0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##3C9DCD1.003.056.906.90
#FFFFFF3.051.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9021.001.001.00
##0000006.9021.001.001.00

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

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#3C9DCD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva