#3CA0C4#3CA0C4

#3CA0C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.105 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA0C4
RGB	rgb(60, 160, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -17.28, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 32.00, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0733 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.105 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3941, 30.0851, 56.7352)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA0C4 #C4603C

analogous

#3CC4A4 #3CA0C4 #3C5CC4

triadic

#3CA0C4 #C43CA0 #A0C43C

tetradic

#3CA0C4 #A43CC4 #C4603C #5CC43C

square

#3CA0C4 #A43CC4 #C4603C #5CC43C

split-complementary

#3CA0C4 #C43C5C #C4A43C

monochromatic

#1F5467 #2D7A96 #3CA0C4 #6BB7D2 #9ACEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#3CA0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#3CA0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA0C4

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA0C4	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 160, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.105 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcd6',
    500: '#3ca0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca0c4;
$custom-light: #82bcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66289,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA0C4

secondary

#CCA090

accent

#724BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA0C4

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

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