#3CA1C6#3CA1C6

#3CA1C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.106 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA1C6
RGB	rgb(60, 161, 198)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -17.17, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 32.39, 237.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0735 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.106 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7973, 30.5248, 58.0001)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA1C6 #C6613C

analogous

#3CC6A6 #3CA1C6 #3C5CC6

triadic

#3CA1C6 #C63CA1 #A1C63C

tetradic

#3CA1C6 #A63CC6 #C6613C #5CC63C

square

#3CA1C6 #A63CC6 #C6613C #5CC63C

split-complementary

#3CA1C6 #C63C5C #C6A63C

monochromatic

#1F5569 #2D7B98 #3CA1C6 #6BB8D4 #9BCFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#3CA1C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#3CA1C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA1C6

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA1C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA1C6	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca1c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 161, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.106 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd7',
    500: '#3ca1c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca1c6;
$custom-light: #83bdd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca1c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66617,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA1C6

secondary

#CEA190

accent

#714ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA1C6

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

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