#3CA2C9#3CA2C9

#3CA2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.108 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA2C9
RGB	rgb(60, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -16.72, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 33.04, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0734 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.108 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3222, 31.0155, 59.8991)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA2C9 #C9633C

analogous

#3CC9AA #3CA2C9 #3C5BC9

triadic

#3CA2C9 #C93CA2 #A2C93C

tetradic

#3CA2C9 #AA3CC9 #C9633C #5BC93C

square

#3CA2C9 #AA3CC9 #C9633C #5BC93C

split-complementary

#3CA2C9 #C93C5B #C9AA3C

monochromatic

#1E576D #2B7D9C #3CA2C9 #6CB9D6 #9CD0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#3CA2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#3CA2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA2C9

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA2C9	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.108 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd9',
    500: '#3ca2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca2c9;
$custom-light: #83bdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66989,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA2C9

secondary

#D0A291

accent

#7248E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA2C9

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

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