#3CA0C8#3CA0C8

#3CA0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.108 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA0C8
RGB	rgb(60, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -15.98, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 33.04, 241.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0718 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.108 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8554, 30.2696, 59.1651)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA0C8 #C8643C

analogous

#3CC8AA #3CA0C8 #3C5AC8

triadic

#3CA0C8 #C83CA0 #A0C83C

tetradic

#3CA0C8 #AA3CC8 #C8643C #5AC83C

square

#3CA0C8 #AA3CC8 #C8643C #5AC83C

split-complementary

#3CA0C8 #C83C5A #C8AA3C

monochromatic

#1E556B #2C7B9B #3CA0C8 #6CB7D5 #9BCFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#3CA0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#3CA0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA0C8

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA0C8	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.108 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcd8',
    500: '#3ca0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca0c8;
$custom-light: #83bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66469,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA0C8

secondary

#CFA391

accent

#7449DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA0C8

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

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