#3CA0B9#3CA0B9

#3CA0B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.098 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA0B9
RGB	rgb(60, 160, 185)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -20.81, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 29.85, 225.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0775 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.098 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1876, 29.6025, 50.3813)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA0B9 #B9553C

analogous

#3CB993 #3CA0B9 #3C61B9

triadic

#3CA0B9 #B93CA0 #A0B93C

tetradic

#3CA0B9 #933CB9 #B9553C #61B93C

square

#3CA0B9 #933CB9 #B9553C #61B93C

split-complementary

#3CA0B9 #B93C61 #B9933C

monochromatic

#1E505D #2D788B #3CA0B9 #65B8CD #93CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#3CA0B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#3CA0B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA0B9

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA0B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA0B9	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca0b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 160, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.098 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcce',
    500: '#3ca0b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca0b9;
$custom-light: #81bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca0b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65816,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA0B9

secondary

#C79689

accent

#6A4DDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA0B9

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

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