#3CA3C9#3CA3C9

#3CA3C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.108 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA3C9
RGB	rgb(60, 163, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -17.26, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 32.92, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0744 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.108 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4990, 31.3692, 59.9580)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA3C9 #C9623C

analogous

#3CC9A8 #3CA3C9 #3C5CC9

triadic

#3CA3C9 #C93CA3 #A3C93C

tetradic

#3CA3C9 #A83CC9 #C9623C #5CC93C

square

#3CA3C9 #A83CC9 #C9623C #5CC93C

split-complementary

#3CA3C9 #C93C5C #C9A83C

monochromatic

#1E576D #2B7E9C #3CA3C9 #6CBAD6 #9CD0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#3CA3C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#3CA3C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA3C9

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA3C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA3C9	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca3c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 163, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.108 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bed9',
    500: '#3ca3c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca3c9;
$custom-light: #83bed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca3c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67227,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA3C9

secondary

#D0A291

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA3C9

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

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