#3CA3C6#3CA3C6

#3CA3C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA3C6
RGB	rgb(60, 163, 198)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -18.23, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 32.20, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0756 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.106 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1496, 31.2294, 58.1176)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA3C6 #C65F3C

analogous

#3CC6A4 #3CA3C6 #3C5EC6

triadic

#3CA3C6 #C63CA3 #A3C63C

tetradic

#3CA3C6 #A43CC6 #C65F3C #5EC63C

square

#3CA3C6 #A43CC6 #C65F3C #5EC63C

split-complementary

#3CA3C6 #C63C5E #C6A43C

monochromatic

#1F5669 #2D7D98 #3CA3C6 #6BB9D4 #9BD0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#3CA3C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#3CA3C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA3C6

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA3C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA3C6	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca3c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 163, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bed7',
    500: '#3ca3c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca3c6;
$custom-light: #83bed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca3c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.217,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67094,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA3C6

secondary

#CEA090

accent

#6F4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA3C6

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

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