#3C9EC2#3C9EC2

#3C9EC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.104 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EC2
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -16.86, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 31.70, 237.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.072 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.104 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8240, 29.3068, 55.4297)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EC2 #C2603C

analogous

#3CC2A3 #3C9EC2 #3C5BC2

triadic

#3C9EC2 #C23C9E #9EC23C

tetradic

#3C9EC2 #A33CC2 #C2603C #5BC23C

square

#3C9EC2 #A33CC2 #C2603C #5BC23C

split-complementary

#3C9EC2 #C23C5B #C2A33C

monochromatic

#1F5265 #2E7893 #3C9EC2 #6AB5D1 #99CDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#3C9EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#3C9EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EC2

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EC2	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.104 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad4',
    500: '#3c9ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ec2;
$custom-light: #82bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65723,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EC2

secondary

#CB9F8F

accent

#724CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EC2

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

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