#3CB9D6#3CB9D6

#3CB9D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9D6
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -24.52, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.62, 224.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0912 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.114 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3449, 40.5100, 69.7725)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9D6 #D6593C

analogous

#3CD6A6 #3CB9D6 #3C6CD6

triadic

#3CB9D6 #D63CB9 #B9D63C

tetradic

#3CB9D6 #A63CD6 #D6593C #6CD63C

square

#3CB9D6 #A63CD6 #D6593C #6CD63C

split-complementary

#3CB9D6 #D63C6C #D6A63C

monochromatic

#1A6B7D #2596B0 #3CB9D6 #6FCBE1 #A1DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3CB9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#3CB9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9D6

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9D6	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cee2',
    500: '#3cb9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9d6;
$custom-light: #87cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.299,
    "s": 65.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9D6

secondary

#D8A296

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9D6

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

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