#3CA0B8#3CA0B8

#3CA0B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.097 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA0B8
RGB	rgb(60, 160, 184)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 13%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -21.12, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 29.71, 224.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0779 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.097 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0824, 29.5604, 49.8273)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA0B8 #B8543C

analogous

#3CB892 #3CA0B8 #3C62B8

triadic

#3CA0B8 #B83CA0 #A0B83C

tetradic

#3CA0B8 #923CB8 #B8543C #62B83C

square

#3CA0B8 #923CB8 #B8543C #62B83C

split-complementary

#3CA0B8 #B83C62 #B8923C

monochromatic

#1E505C #2D788A #3CA0B8 #65B8CD #93CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#3CA0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#3CA0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA0B8

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA0B8	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 160, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.097 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bccd',
    500: '#3ca0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca0b8;
$custom-light: #81bccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65775,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA0B8

secondary

#C79589

accent

#694DDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA0B8

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

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