#3CA8BE#3CA8BE

#3CA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.101 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8BE
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -23.38, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 30.92, 220.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0838 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.101 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1565, 32.6808, 53.6874)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8BE #BE523C

analogous

#3CBE93 #3CA8BE #3C67BE

triadic

#3CA8BE #BE3CA8 #A8BE3C

tetradic

#3CA8BE #933CBE #BE523C #67BE3C

square

#3CA8BE #933CBE #BE523C #67BE3C

split-complementary

#3CA8BE #BE3C67 #BE933C

monochromatic

#1F5661 #2D7F8F #3CA8BE #68BECF #96D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3CA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#3CA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8BE

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8BE	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.101 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d1',
    500: '#3ca8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8be;
$custom-light: #82c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.154,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67959,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8BE

secondary

#CA978C

accent

#654CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8BE

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

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