#3CA4C8#3CA4C8

#3CA4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.107 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA4C8
RGB	rgb(60, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -18.11, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 32.58, 236.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0758 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.107 225)
XYZ	xyz(25.5600, 31.6788, 59.3999)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA4C8 #C8603C

analogous

#3CC8A6 #3CA4C8 #3C5EC8

triadic

#3CA4C8 #C83CA4 #A4C83C

tetradic

#3CA4C8 #A63CC8 #C8603C #5EC83C

square

#3CA4C8 #A63CC8 #C8603C #5EC83C

split-complementary

#3CA4C8 #C83C5E #C8A63C

monochromatic

#1E586B #2C7E9B #3CA4C8 #6CBAD5 #9BD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#3CA4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#3CA4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA4C8

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA4C8	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.107 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd8',
    500: '#3ca4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca4c8;
$custom-light: #83bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67421,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.31682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA4C8

secondary

#CFA191

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA4C8

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

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