#3C9FBE#3C9FBE

#3C9FBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9FBE
RGB	rgb(60, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -18.69, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 30.72, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0745 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.101 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5521, 29.4720, 53.1526)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9FBE #BE5B3C

analogous

#3CBE9C #3C9FBE #3C5EBE

triadic

#3C9FBE #BE3C9F #9FBE3C

tetradic

#3C9FBE #9C3CBE #BE5B3C #5EBE3C

square

#3C9FBE #9C3CBE #BE5B3C #5EBE3C

split-complementary

#3C9FBE #BE3C5E #BE9C3C

monochromatic

#1F5161 #2D788F #3C9FBE #68B7CF #96CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3C9FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#3C9FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9FBE

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9FBE	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbd1',
    500: '#3c9fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9fbe;
$custom-light: #81bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65787,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9FBE

secondary

#CA9B8C

accent

#6E4CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9FBE

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

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