#3CA3B8#3CA3B8

#3CA3B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.098 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA3B8
RGB	rgb(60, 163, 184)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -22.68, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 29.92, 220.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.081 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.098 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6088, 30.6131, 50.0028)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA3B8 #B8513C

analogous

#3CB88F #3CA3B8 #3C65B8

triadic

#3CA3B8 #B83CA3 #A3B83C

tetradic

#3CA3B8 #8F3CB8 #B8513C #65B83C

square

#3CA3B8 #8F3CB8 #B8513C #65B83C

split-complementary

#3CA3B8 #B83C65 #B88F3C

monochromatic

#1E515C #2D7A8A #3CA3B8 #65BBCD #93CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#3CA3B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#3CA3B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA3B8

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA3B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA3B8	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)

#949EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca3b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 163, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.098 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81becd',
    500: '#3ca3b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca3b8;
$custom-light: #81becd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca3b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.161,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66503,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA3B8

secondary

#C79389

accent

#654DDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA3B8

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

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