#3CA1B8#3CA1B8

#3CA1B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA1B8
RGB	rgb(60, 161, 184)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 12.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -21.64, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 29.76, 223.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.079 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.097 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2565, 29.9085, 49.8854)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA1B8 #B8533C

analogous

#3CB891 #3CA1B8 #3C63B8

triadic

#3CA1B8 #B83CA1 #A1B83C

tetradic

#3CA1B8 #913CB8 #B8533C #63B83C

square

#3CA1B8 #913CB8 #B8533C #63B83C

split-complementary

#3CA1B8 #B83C63 #B8913C

monochromatic

#1E505C #2D798A #3CA1B8 #65B9CD #93CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#3CA1B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#3CA1B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA1B8

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA1B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA1B8	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca1b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 161, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdcd',
    500: '#3ca1b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca1b8;
$custom-light: #81bdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca1b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.129,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66017,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA1B8

secondary

#C79489

accent

#684DDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA1B8

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

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