#3CA0BD#3CA0BD

#3CA0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.100 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA0BD
RGB	rgb(60, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -19.54, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 30.50, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0759 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.1 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6158, 29.7738, 52.6366)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA0BD #BD593C

analogous

#3CBD9A #3CA0BD #3C60BD

triadic

#3CA0BD #BD3CA0 #A0BD3C

tetradic

#3CA0BD #9A3CBD #BD593C #60BD3C

square

#3CA0BD #9A3CBD #BD593C #60BD3C

split-complementary

#3CA0BD #BD3C60 #BD9A3C

monochromatic

#1F5160 #2D798F #3CA0BD #67B8CF #96CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3CA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#3CA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA0BD

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA0BD	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.100 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcd1',
    500: '#3ca0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca0bd;
$custom-light: #81bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.488,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65985,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA0BD

secondary

#C99A8C

accent

#6D4DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA0BD

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

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