#3C9EBC#3C9EBC

#3C9EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.100 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EBC
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -18.80, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 30.36, 231.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0743 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.1 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1637, 29.0427, 51.9522)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EBC #BC5A3C

analogous

#3CBC9A #3C9EBC #3C5EBC

triadic

#3C9EBC #BC3C9E #9EBC3C

tetradic

#3C9EBC #9A3CBC #BC5A3C #5EBC3C

square

#3C9EBC #9A3CBC #BC5A3C #5EBC3C

split-complementary

#3C9EBC #BC3C5E #BC9A3C

monochromatic

#1E505F #2D778E #3C9EBC #67B6CE #95CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3C9EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#3C9EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EBC

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EBC	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.100 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad0',
    500: '#3c9ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ebc;
$custom-light: #81bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.063,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6546,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EBC

secondary

#C99A8B

accent

#6E4DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EBC

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

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