#3C9EBE#3C9EBE

#3C9EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.101 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EBE
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -18.16, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 30.77, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0735 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.101 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3808, 29.1295, 53.0955)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EBE #BE5C3C

analogous

#3CBE9D #3C9EBE #3C5DBE

triadic

#3C9EBE #BE3C9E #9EBE3C

tetradic

#3C9EBE #9D3CBE #BE5C3C #5DBE3C

square

#3C9EBE #9D3CBE #BE5C3C #5DBE3C

split-complementary

#3C9EBE #BE3C5D #BE9D3C

monochromatic

#1F5161 #2D778F #3C9EBE #68B6CF #96CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3C9EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#3C9EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EBE

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EBE	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.101 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad1',
    500: '#3c9ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ebe;
$custom-light: #81bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65546,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EBE

secondary

#CA9B8C

accent

#704CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EBE

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

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