#3AA0CC#3AA0CC

#3AA0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.113 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AA0CC
RGB	rgb(58, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -14.93, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 34.40, 244.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0714 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.113 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2104, 30.3979, 61.6538)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AA0CC #CC663A

analogous

#3ACCAF #3AA0CC #3A57CC

triadic

#3AA0CC #CC3AA0 #A0CC3A

tetradic

#3AA0CC #AF3ACC #CC663A #57CC3A

square

#3AA0CC #AF3ACC #CC663A #57CC3A

split-complementary

#3AA0CC #CC3A57 #CCAF3A

monochromatic

#1D566F #297CA0 #3AA0CC #6BB7D9 #9BCFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#3AA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#3AA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AA0CC

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AA0CC	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3aa0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.113 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcdb',
    500: '#3aa0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3aa0cc;
$custom-light: #83bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3aa0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66595,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AA0CC

secondary

#D1A491

accent

#7546E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AA0CC

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

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