#3C9DD8#3C9DD8

#3C9DD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.125 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DD8
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -8.97, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 39.20, 256.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0634 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.125 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3103, 30.0295, 69.3621)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DD8 #D8773C

analogous

#3CD8C5 #3C9DD8 #3C4FD8

triadic

#3C9DD8 #D83C9D #9DD83C

tetradic

#3C9DD8 #C53CD8 #D8773C #4FD83C

square

#3C9DD8 #C53CD8 #D8773C #4FD83C

split-complementary

#3C9DD8 #D83C4F #D8C53C

monochromatic

#1A5980 #247DB3 #3C9DD8 #6FB7E2 #A2D0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#3C9DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#3C9DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DD8

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DD8	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.125 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9e4',
    500: '#3c9dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dd8;
$custom-light: #85b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.692,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66528,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DD8

secondary

#D9B097

accent

#7F3EEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DD8

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

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