#3C9DE3#3C9DE3

#3C9DE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.137 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DE3
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -5.18, -43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 43.77, 263.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.06 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.137 244)
XYZ	xyz(27.7802, 30.6174, 77.1038)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DE3 #E3823C

analogous

#3CE3D6 #3C9DE3 #3C4AE3

triadic

#3C9DE3 #E33C9D #9DE33C

tetradic

#3C9DE3 #D63CE3 #E3823C #4AE33C

square

#3C9DE3 #D63CE3 #E3823C #4AE33C

split-complementary

#3C9DE3 #E33C4A #E3D63C

monochromatic

#155C90 #1C7FC5 #3C9DE3 #72B8EB #A7D3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#3C9DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#3C9DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DE3

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DE3	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.137 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9ec',
    500: '#3c9de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9de3;
$custom-light: #87b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.15,
    "s": 74.888,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67092,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.30621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DE3

secondary

#E0B89B

accent

#8536F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DE3

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

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