#3C9EC8#3C9EC8

#3C9EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.109 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EC8
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -14.89, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 33.35, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0698 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.109 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5115, 29.5818, 59.0504)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EC8 #C8663C

analogous

#3CC8AC #3C9EC8 #3C58C8

triadic

#3C9EC8 #C83C9E #9EC83C

tetradic

#3C9EC8 #AC3CC8 #C8663C #58C83C

square

#3C9EC8 #AC3CC8 #C8663C #58C83C

split-complementary

#3C9EC8 #C83C58 #C8AC3C

monochromatic

#1E546B #2C7A9B #3C9EC8 #6CB6D5 #9BCDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#3C9EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#3C9EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EC8

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EC8	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.109 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad9',
    500: '#3c9ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ec8;
$custom-light: #83bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65994,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EC8

secondary

#CFA391

accent

#7649DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EC8

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

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