#3CA5BD#3CA5BD

#3CA5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.100 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5BD
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -22.15, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 30.60, 223.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0811 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.1 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5001, 31.5423, 52.9313)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5BD #BD543C

analogous

#3CBD95 #3CA5BD #3C65BD

triadic

#3CA5BD #BD3CA5 #A5BD3C

tetradic

#3CA5BD #953CBD #BD543C #65BD3C

square

#3CA5BD #953CBD #BD543C #65BD3C

split-complementary

#3CA5BD #BD3C65 #BD953C

monochromatic

#1F5460 #2D7C8F #3CA5BD #67BCCF #96D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3CA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#3CA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5BD

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5BD	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.100 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0d1',
    500: '#3ca5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5bd;
$custom-light: #82c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67192,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5BD

secondary

#C9978C

accent

#674DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5BD

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

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