#3C9EBD#3C9EBD

#3C9EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.100 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EBD
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -18.48, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 30.56, 232.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0739 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.1 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2719, 29.0859, 52.5219)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EBD #BD5B3C

analogous

#3CBD9C #3C9EBD #3C5EBD

triadic

#3C9EBD #BD3C9E #9EBD3C

tetradic

#3C9EBD #9C3CBD #BD5B3C #5EBD3C

square

#3C9EBD #9C3CBD #BD5B3C #5EBD3C

split-complementary

#3C9EBD #BD3C5E #BD9C3C

monochromatic

#1F5060 #2D778F #3C9EBD #67B6CF #96CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3C9EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#3C9EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EBD

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EBD	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.100 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad1',
    500: '#3c9ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ebd;
$custom-light: #81bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.419,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EBD

secondary

#C99A8C

accent

#6F4DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EBD

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

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