#3CA8BF#3CA8BF

#3CA8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.101 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8BF
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -23.07, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 31.02, 221.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0834 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.101 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2661, 32.7247, 54.2650)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8BF #BF533C

analogous

#3CBF95 #3CA8BF #3C67BF

triadic

#3CA8BF #BF3CA8 #A8BF3C

tetradic

#3CA8BF #953CBF #BF533C #67BF3C

square

#3CA8BF #953CBF #BF533C #67BF3C

split-complementary

#3CA8BF #BF3C67 #BF953C

monochromatic

#1F5662 #2D7F90 #3CA8BF #68BED0 #97D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#3CA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#3CA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8BF

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8BF	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.101 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d2',
    500: '#3ca8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8bf;
$custom-light: #82c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8BF

secondary

#CA988D

accent

#654CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8BF

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

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