#3CA8C8#3CA8C8

#3CA8C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.107 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8C8
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -20.22, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 32.35, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0798 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.107 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2871, 33.1331, 59.6423)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8C8 #C85C3C

analogous

#3CC8A2 #3CA8C8 #3C62C8

triadic

#3CA8C8 #C83CA8 #A8C83C

tetradic

#3CA8C8 #A23CC8 #C85C3C #62C83C

square

#3CA8C8 #A23CC8 #C85C3C #62C83C

split-complementary

#3CA8C8 #C83C62 #C8A23C

monochromatic

#1E5A6B #2C829B #3CA8C8 #6CBDD5 #9BD3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#3CA8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#3CA8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8C8

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8C8	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.107 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2d8',
    500: '#3ca8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8c8;
$custom-light: #83c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68376,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8C8

secondary

#CF9F91

accent

#6B49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8C8

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

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