#3C9FD9#3C9FD9

#3C9FD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.125 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9FD9
RGB	rgb(60, 159, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 26.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -9.74, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 38.97, 255.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.065 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.125 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7811, 30.7636, 70.1587)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9FD9 #D9763C

analogous

#3CD9C5 #3C9FD9 #3C50D9

triadic

#3C9FD9 #D93C9F #9FD93C

tetradic

#3C9FD9 #C53CD9 #D9763C #50D93C

square

#3C9FD9 #C53CD9 #D9763C #50D93C

split-complementary

#3C9FD9 #D93C50 #D9C53C

monochromatic

#195B81 #237FB5 #3C9FD9 #6FB8E3 #A2D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#3C9FD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#3C9FD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9FD9

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9FD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9FD9	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E90D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 159, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.125 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbe5',
    500: '#3c9fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9fd9;
$custom-light: #85bbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.166,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6704,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9FD9

secondary

#DAB097

accent

#7D3EEA

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9FD9

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

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