#3C9FBF#3C9FBF

#3C9FBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.102 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9FBF
RGB	rgb(60, 159, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -18.37, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 30.93, 233.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0741 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.102 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6618, 29.5159, 53.7302)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9FBF #BF5C3C

analogous

#3CBF9D #3C9FBF #3C5EBF

triadic

#3C9FBF #BF3C9F #9FBF3C

tetradic

#3C9FBF #9D3CBF #BF5C3C #5EBF3C

square

#3C9FBF #9D3CBF #BF5C3C #5EBF3C

split-complementary

#3C9FBF #BF3C5E #BF9D3C

monochromatic

#1F5162 #2D7890 #3C9FBF #68B7D0 #97CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#3C9FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#3C9FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9FBF

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9FBF	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#8D9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 159, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.102 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbd2',
    500: '#3c9fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9fbf;
$custom-light: #82bbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.656,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6583,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9FBF

secondary

#CA9C8D

accent

#6F4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9FBF

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

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