#3AACD5#3AACD5

#3AACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AACD5
RGB	rgb(58, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -18.38, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 35.12, 238.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0798 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.116 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5028, 35.2054, 68.2310)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AACD5 #D5633A

analogous

#3AD5B0 #3AACD5 #3A5ED5

triadic

#3AACD5 #D53AAC #ACD53A

tetradic

#3AACD5 #B03AD5 #D5633A #5ED53A

square

#3AACD5 #B03AD5 #D5633A #5ED53A

split-complementary

#3AACD5 #D53A5E #D5B03A

monochromatic

#1A617A #2589AD #3AACD5 #6CC1E0 #9FD7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3AACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#3AACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AACD5

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AACD5	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3aacd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e2',
    500: '#3aacd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3aacd5;
$custom-light: #85c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3aacd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69841,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AACD5

secondary

#D7A694

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AACD5

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

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