#3C9DD9#3C9DD9

#3C9DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.126 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DD9
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -8.62, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 39.59, 257.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.063 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.126 240)
XYZ	xyz(26.4399, 30.0813, 70.0450)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DD9 #D9783C

analogous

#3CD9C7 #3C9DD9 #3C4FD9

triadic

#3C9DD9 #D93C9D #9DD93C

tetradic

#3C9DD9 #C73CD9 #D9783C #4FD93C

square

#3C9DD9 #C73CD9 #D9783C #4FD93C

split-complementary

#3C9DD9 #D93C4F #D9C73C

monochromatic

#195A81 #237DB5 #3C9DD9 #6FB7E3 #A2D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#3C9DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#3C9DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DD9

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DD9	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.126 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9e5',
    500: '#3c9dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dd9;
$custom-light: #85b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.93,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66578,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.30084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DD9

secondary

#DAB197

accent

#803EEA

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DD9

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

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