#3C9FC8#3C9FC8

#3C9FC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.109 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9FC8
RGB	rgb(60, 159, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 20.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -15.44, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 33.19, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0708 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.109 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6828, 29.9243, 59.1075)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9FC8 #C8653C

analogous

#3CC8AB #3C9FC8 #3C59C8

triadic

#3C9FC8 #C83C9F #9FC83C

tetradic

#3C9FC8 #AB3CC8 #C8653C #59C83C

square

#3C9FC8 #AB3CC8 #C8653C #59C83C

split-complementary

#3C9FC8 #C83C59 #C8AB3C

monochromatic

#1E556B #2C7A9B #3C9FC8 #6CB7D5 #9BCEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#3C9FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#3C9FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9FC8

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9FC8	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 159, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.109 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbd8',
    500: '#3c9fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9fc8;
$custom-light: #83bbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66231,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9FC8

secondary

#CFA391

accent

#7549DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9FC8

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

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