#3CA6CD#3CA6CD

#3CA6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA6CD
RGB	rgb(60, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -17.55, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 33.59, 238.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0759 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.11 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5147, 32.6379, 62.6481)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA6CD #CD633C

analogous

#3CCDAC #3CA6CD #3C5ECD

triadic

#3CA6CD #CD3CA6 #A6CD3C

tetradic

#3CA6CD #AC3CCD #CD633C #5ECD3C

square

#3CA6CD #AC3CCD #CD633C #5ECD3C

split-complementary

#3CA6CD #CD3C5E #CDAC3C

monochromatic

#1D5B71 #2A82A2 #3CA6CD #6DBCD9 #9DD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3CA6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#3CA6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA6CD

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA6CD	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0dc',
    500: '#3ca6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca6cd;
$custom-light: #84c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68117,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA6CD

secondary

#D2A493

accent

#7045E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA6CD

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

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