#3CA5BA#3CA5BA

#3CA5BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.099 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5BA
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -23.08, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 30.28, 220.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0823 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.099 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1778, 31.4134, 51.2340)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5BA #BA513C

analogous

#3CBA90 #3CA5BA #3C66BA

triadic

#3CA5BA #BA3CA5 #A5BA3C

tetradic

#3CA5BA #903CBA #BA513C #66BA3C

square

#3CA5BA #903CBA #BA513C #66BA3C

split-complementary

#3CA5BA #BA3C66 #BA903C

monochromatic

#1E535D #2D7C8C #3CA5BA #66BCCE #94D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#3CA5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#3CA5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5BA

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5BA	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.099 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0ce',
    500: '#3ca5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5ba;
$custom-light: #81c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6707,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5BA

secondary

#C8948A

accent

#654DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5BA

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

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