#3CA1C8#3CA1C8

#3CA1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA1C8
RGB	rgb(60, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -16.51, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 32.90, 239.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0728 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.108 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0295, 30.6177, 59.2231)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA1C8 #C8633C

analogous

#3CC8A9 #3CA1C8 #3C5BC8

triadic

#3CA1C8 #C83CA1 #A1C83C

tetradic

#3CA1C8 #A93CC8 #C8633C #5BC83C

square

#3CA1C8 #A93CC8 #C8633C #5BC83C

split-complementary

#3CA1C8 #C83C5B #C8A93C

monochromatic

#1E566B #2C7C9B #3CA1C8 #6CB8D5 #9BCFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#3CA1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#3CA1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA1C8

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA1C8	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcd8',
    500: '#3ca1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca1c8;
$custom-light: #83bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66706,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA1C8

secondary

#CFA291

accent

#7349DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA1C8

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

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