#3C9EE3#3C9EE3

#3C9EE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.136 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EE3
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -5.74, -43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 43.40, 262.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0609 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.136 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9501, 30.9572, 77.1604)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EE3 #E3813C

analogous

#3CE3D4 #3C9EE3 #3C4BE3

triadic

#3C9EE3 #E33C9E #9EE33C

tetradic

#3C9EE3 #D43CE3 #E3813C #4BE33C

square

#3C9EE3 #D43CE3 #E3813C #4BE33C

split-complementary

#3C9EE3 #E33C4B #E3D43C

monochromatic

#155D90 #1C80C5 #3C9EE3 #72B9EB #A7D3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#3C9EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#3C9EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EE3

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EE3	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6790E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.136 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87baec',
    500: '#3c9ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ee3;
$custom-light: #87baec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.79,
    "s": 74.888,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67319,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EE3

secondary

#E0B79B

accent

#8436F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EE3

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

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