#3C9EDC#3C9EDC

#3C9EDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.129 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EDC
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 28.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -8.16, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 40.47, 258.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.063 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.129 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0036, 30.5786, 72.1754)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EDC #DC7A3C

analogous

#3CDCCA #3C9EDC #3C4EDC

triadic

#3C9EDC #DC3C9E #9EDC3C

tetradic

#3C9EDC #CA3CDC #DC7A3C #4EDC3C

square

#3C9EDC #CA3CDC #DC7A3C #4EDC3C

split-complementary

#3C9EDC #DC3C4E #DCCA3C

monochromatic

#185B86 #217FBA #3C9EDC #70B8E5 #A4D2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#3C9EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#3C9EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EDC

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EDC	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.129 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bae7',
    500: '#3c9edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9edc;
$custom-light: #86bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6696,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EDC

secondary

#DCB298

accent

#803BEC

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EDC

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

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