#3CB9DB#3CB9DB

#3CB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9DB
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -22.94, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 35.35, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0893 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.117 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9933, 40.7693, 73.1872)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9DB #DB5E3C

analogous

#3CDBAD #3CB9DB #3C6ADB

triadic

#3CB9DB #DB3CB9 #B9DB3C

tetradic

#3CB9DB #AD3CDB #DB5E3C #6ADB3C

square

#3CB9DB #AD3CDB #DB5E3C #6ADB3C

split-complementary

#3CB9DB #DB3C6A #DBAD3C

monochromatic

#186D84 #2298B8 #3CB9DB #70CCE5 #A3DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3CB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#3CB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9DB

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9DB	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cee6',
    500: '#3cb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9db;
$custom-light: #87cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.83,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73221,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9DB

secondary

#DBA698

accent

#623CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9DB

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

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