#3CA5C9#3CA5C9

#3CA5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5C9
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -18.32, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 32.73, 235.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0764 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.108 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8569, 32.0850, 60.0773)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5C9 #C9603C

analogous

#3CC9A6 #3CA5C9 #3C5EC9

triadic

#3CA5C9 #C93CA5 #A5C93C

tetradic

#3CA5C9 #A63CC9 #C9603C #5EC93C

square

#3CA5C9 #A63CC9 #C9603C #5EC93C

split-complementary

#3CA5C9 #C93C5E #C9A63C

monochromatic

#1E596D #2B809C #3CA5C9 #6CBBD6 #9CD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#3CA5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#3CA5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5C9

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5C9	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd9',
    500: '#3ca5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5c9;
$custom-light: #83bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67703,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5C9

secondary

#D0A191

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5C9

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

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