#3CA5C8#3CA5C8

#3CA5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.107 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5C8
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -18.64, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 32.50, 235.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0768 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.107 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7397, 32.0381, 59.4598)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5C8 #C85F3C

analogous

#3CC8A5 #3CA5C8 #3C5FC8

triadic

#3CA5C8 #C83CA5 #A5C83C

tetradic

#3CA5C8 #A53CC8 #C85F3C #5FC83C

square

#3CA5C8 #A53CC8 #C85F3C #5FC83C

split-complementary

#3CA5C8 #C83C5F #C8A53C

monochromatic

#1E586B #2C7F9B #3CA5C8 #6CBBD5 #9BD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#3CA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#3CA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5C8

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5C8	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.107 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd8',
    500: '#3ca5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5c8;
$custom-light: #83bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67659,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5C8

secondary

#CFA091

accent

#6E49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5C8

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

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