#3C9FC4#3C9FC4

#3C9FC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.105 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9FC4
RGB	rgb(60, 159, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -16.75, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 32.10, 238.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0723 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.105 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2214, 29.7397, 56.6777)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9FC4 #C4613C

analogous

#3CC4A5 #3C9FC4 #3C5BC4

triadic

#3C9FC4 #C43C9F #9FC43C

tetradic

#3C9FC4 #A53CC4 #C4613C #5BC43C

square

#3C9FC4 #A53CC4 #C4613C #5BC43C

split-complementary

#3C9FC4 #C43C5B #C4A53C

monochromatic

#1F5367 #2D7996 #3C9FC4 #6BB6D2 #9ACDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3C9FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#3C9FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9FC4

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9FC4	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 159, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.105 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbd6',
    500: '#3c9fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9fc4;
$custom-light: #82bbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66051,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9FC4

secondary

#CCA090

accent

#734BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9FC4

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

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