#3C9FE3#3C9FE3

#3C9FE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.135 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9FE3
RGB	rgb(60, 159, 227)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 30%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -6.31, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 43.03, 261.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0618 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.135 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1214, 31.2997, 77.2175)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9FE3 #E3803C

analogous

#3CE3D4 #3C9FE3 #3C4CE3

triadic

#3C9FE3 #E33C9F #9FE33C

tetradic

#3C9FE3 #D43CE3 #E3803C #4CE33C

square

#3C9FE3 #D43CE3 #E3803C #4CE33C

split-complementary

#3C9FE3 #E33C4C #E3D43C

monochromatic

#155E90 #1C81C5 #3C9FE3 #72B9EB #A7D4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#3C9FE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#3C9FE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9FE3

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9FE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9FE3	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6991E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9fe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 159, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.135 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbec',
    500: '#3c9fe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9fe3;
$custom-light: #87bbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9fe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.431,
    "s": 74.888,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67547,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9FE3

secondary

#E0B79B

accent

#8336F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9FE3

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

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