#3CA5BF#3CA5BF

#3CA5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.101 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5BF
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -21.52, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 30.86, 225.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0803 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.101 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7187, 31.6297, 54.0825)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5BF #BF563C

analogous

#3CBF97 #3CA5BF #3C64BF

triadic

#3CA5BF #BF3CA5 #A5BF3C

tetradic

#3CA5BF #973CBF #BF563C #64BF3C

square

#3CA5BF #973CBF #BF563C #64BF3C

split-complementary

#3CA5BF #BF3C64 #BF973C

monochromatic

#1F5562 #2D7D90 #3CA5BF #68BBD0 #97D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3CA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#3CA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5BF

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5BF	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.101 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0d2',
    500: '#3ca5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5bf;
$custom-light: #82c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.908,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67275,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5BF

secondary

#CA998D

accent

#694CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5BF

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

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