#3C9EC9#3C9EC9

#3C9EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.110 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EC9
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -14.56, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 33.65, 244.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0694 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.11 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6287, 29.6287, 59.6679)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EC9 #C9673C

analogous

#3CC9AD #3C9EC9 #3C57C9

triadic

#3C9EC9 #C93C9E #9EC93C

tetradic

#3C9EC9 #AD3CC9 #C9673C #57C93C

square

#3C9EC9 #AD3CC9 #C9673C #57C93C

split-complementary

#3C9EC9 #C93C57 #C9AD3C

monochromatic

#1E556D #2B7A9C #3C9EC9 #6CB6D6 #9CCEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#3C9EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#3C9EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EC9

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EC9	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.110 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad9',
    500: '#3c9ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ec9;
$custom-light: #83bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6604,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EC9

secondary

#D0A491

accent

#7648E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EC9

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

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