#3CA5E3#3CA5E3

#3CA5E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.131 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5E3
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 227)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -9.66, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 41.00, 256.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0674 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.131 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1783, 33.4136, 77.5698)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5E3 #E37A3C

analogous

#3CE3CD #3CA5E3 #3C52E3

triadic

#3CA5E3 #E33CA5 #A5E33C

tetradic

#3CA5E3 #CD3CE3 #E37A3C #52E33C

square

#3CA5E3 #CD3CE3 #E37A3C #52E33C

split-complementary

#3CA5E3 #E33C52 #E3CD3C

monochromatic

#156290 #1C87C5 #3CA5E3 #72BEEB #A7D6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3CA5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#3CA5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5E3

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5E3	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.131 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfec',
    500: '#3ca5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5e3;
$custom-light: #87bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.275,
    "s": 74.888,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68921,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5E3

secondary

#E0B59B

accent

#7C36F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5E3

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

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