#3CB9E2#3CB9E2

#3CB9E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.121 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9E2
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -20.70, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 36.70, 235.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0867 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.121 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9343, 41.1457, 78.1429)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9E2 #E2653C

analogous

#3CE2B8 #3CB9E2 #3C66E2

triadic

#3CB9E2 #E23CB9 #B9E23C

tetradic

#3CB9E2 #B83CE2 #E2653C #66E23C

square

#3CB9E2 #B83CE2 #E2653C #66E23C

split-complementary

#3CB9E2 #E23C66 #E2B83C

monochromatic

#15708E #1D9BC4 #3CB9E2 #71CCEA #A7DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#3CB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#3CB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9E2

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9E2	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.121 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ceeb',
    500: '#3cb9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9e2;
$custom-light: #88ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.819,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7352,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9E2

secondary

#DFAC9B

accent

#6537F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9E2

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

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