#3CA5CB#3CA5CB

#3CA5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.109 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5CB
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -17.67, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 33.20, 237.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0757 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.109 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0937, 32.1798, 61.3244)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5CB #CB623C

analogous

#3CCBAA #3CA5CB #3C5ECB

triadic

#3CA5CB #CB3CA5 #A5CB3C

tetradic

#3CA5CB #AA3CCB #CB623C #5ECB3C

square

#3CA5CB #AA3CCB #CB623C #5ECB3C

split-complementary

#3CA5CB #CB3C5E #CBAA3C

monochromatic

#1E596F #2A809F #3CA5CB #6CBBD8 #9DD2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3CA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#3CA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5CB

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5CB	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.109 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfdb',
    500: '#3ca5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5cb;
$custom-light: #84bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67791,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5CB

secondary

#D1A392

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5CB

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

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