#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
RGBrgb(60, 158, 201)
HSLhsl(198, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(198, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(61.33, -14.56, -30.33)
CIE-LCHlch(61.33, 33.65, 244.35°)
OKLaboklab(66.04% -0.0694 -0.0851)
OKLCHoklch(66.04% 0.11 230.8)
XYZxyz(24.6287, 29.6287, 59.6679)
Luminance0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##3C9EC91.003.036.936.93
#FFFFFF3.031.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9321.001.001.00
##0000006.9321.001.001.00

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

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#3C9EC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva