#3CA5CC#3CA5CC

#3CA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.110 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5CC
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -17.34, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 33.45, 238.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0753 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.11 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2133, 32.2276, 61.9541)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5CC #CC633C

analogous

#3CCCAB #3CA5CC #3C5DCC

triadic

#3CA5CC #CC3CA5 #A5CC3C

tetradic

#3CA5CC #AB3CCC #CC633C #5DCC3C

square

#3CA5CC #AB3CCC #CC633C #5DCC3C

split-complementary

#3CA5CC #CC3C5D #CCAB3C

monochromatic

#1D5A70 #2A81A1 #3CA5CC #6DBBD9 #9DD2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3CA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#3CA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5CC

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5CC	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.110 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfdb',
    500: '#3ca5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5cc;
$custom-light: #84bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67836,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5CC

secondary

#D1A392

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5CC

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

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