#3AACD4#3AACD4

#3AACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.115 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AACD4
RGB	rgb(58, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -18.71, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 34.88, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0802 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.115 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3762, 35.1547, 67.5646)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AACD4 #D4623A

analogous

#3AD4AF #3AACD4 #3A5FD4

triadic

#3AACD4 #D43AAC #ACD43A

tetradic

#3AACD4 #AF3AD4 #D4623A #5FD43A

square

#3AACD4 #AF3AD4 #D4623A #5FD43A

split-complementary

#3AACD4 #D43A5F #D4AF3A

monochromatic

#1A6179 #2589AB #3AACD4 #6CC1DF #9ED6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3AACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#3AACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AACD4

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AACD4	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3aacd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.115 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e1',
    500: '#3aacd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3aacd4;
$custom-light: #85c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3aacd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 64.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69797,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AACD4

secondary

#D6A594

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AACD4

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

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