#3CA3C8#3CA3C8

#3CA3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.107 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA3C8
RGB	rgb(60, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -17.58, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 32.67, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0748 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.107 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3818, 31.3223, 59.3405)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA3C8 #C8613C

analogous

#3CC8A7 #3CA3C8 #3C5DC8

triadic

#3CA3C8 #C83CA3 #A3C83C

tetradic

#3CA3C8 #A73CC8 #C8613C #5DC83C

square

#3CA3C8 #A73CC8 #C8613C #5DC83C

split-complementary

#3CA3C8 #C83C5D #C8A73C

monochromatic

#1E576B #2C7E9B #3CA3C8 #6CBAD5 #9BD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#3CA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#3CA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA3C8

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA3C8	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.107 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bed8',
    500: '#3ca3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca3c8;
$custom-light: #83bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67182,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA3C8

secondary

#CFA191

accent

#7049DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA3C8

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

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