#3CA5D0#3CA5D0

#3CA5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.113 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5D0
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -16.03, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 34.53, 242.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0739 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.113 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6992, 32.4219, 64.5132)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5D0 #D0673C

analogous

#3CD0B1 #3CA5D0 #3C5BD0

triadic

#3CA5D0 #D03CA5 #A5D03C

tetradic

#3CA5D0 #B13CD0 #D0673C #5BD03C

square

#3CA5D0 #B13CD0 #D0673C #5BD03C

split-complementary

#3CA5D0 #D03C5B #D0B13C

monochromatic

#1C5B75 #2882A7 #3CA5D0 #6DBCDC #9FD3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3CA5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#3CA5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5D0

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5D0	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.113 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfde',
    500: '#3ca5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5d0;
$custom-light: #84bfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 61.157,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68016,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5D0

secondary

#D4A694

accent

#7244E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5D0

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

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