#3CA5CD#3CA5CD

#3CA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.111 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5CD
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -17.02, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 33.71, 239.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0749 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.111 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3336, 32.2757, 62.5878)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5CD #CD643C

analogous

#3CCDAD #3CA5CD #3C5CCD

triadic

#3CA5CD #CD3CA5 #A5CD3C

tetradic

#3CA5CD #AD3CCD #CD643C #5CCD3C

square

#3CA5CD #AD3CCD #CD643C #5CCD3C

split-complementary

#3CA5CD #CD3C5C #CDAD3C

monochromatic

#1D5A71 #2A81A2 #3CA5CD #6DBBD9 #9DD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3CA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#3CA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5CD

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5CD	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.111 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfdc',
    500: '#3ca5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5cd;
$custom-light: #84bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5CD

secondary

#D2A493

accent

#7145E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5CD

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

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