#3CB9DC#3CB9DC

#3CB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.117 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9DC
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -22.62, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 35.52, 230.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0889 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.117 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1253, 40.8221, 73.8826)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9DC #DC5F3C

analogous

#3CDCAF #3CB9DC #3C69DC

triadic

#3CB9DC #DC3CB9 #B9DC3C

tetradic

#3CB9DC #AF3CDC #DC5F3C #69DC3C

square

#3CB9DC #AF3CDC #DC5F3C #69DC3C

split-complementary

#3CB9DC #DC3C69 #DCAF3C

monochromatic

#186E86 #2198BA #3CB9DC #70CCE5 #A4DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3CB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#3CB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9DC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9DC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.117 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cee7',
    500: '#3cb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9dc;
$custom-light: #87cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73263,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9DC

secondary

#DCA798

accent

#623BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9DC

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

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