#3C9ED9#3C9ED9

#3C9ED9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.125 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9ED9
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -9.18, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 39.28, 256.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.064 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.125 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6098, 30.4211, 70.1016)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9ED9 #D9773C

analogous

#3CD9C6 #3C9ED9 #3C50D9

triadic

#3C9ED9 #D93C9E #9ED93C

tetradic

#3C9ED9 #C63CD9 #D9773C #50D93C

square

#3C9ED9 #C63CD9 #D9773C #50D93C

split-complementary

#3C9ED9 #D93C50 #D9C63C

monochromatic

#195A81 #237EB5 #3C9ED9 #6FB7E3 #A2D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#3C9ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#3C9ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9ED9

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9ED9	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.125 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bae5',
    500: '#3c9ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ed9;
$custom-light: #85bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.548,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66809,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9ED9

secondary

#DAB097

accent

#7E3EEA

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9ED9

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

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