#3CA8CE#3CA8CE

#3CA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.111 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3CA8CE
RGBrgb(60, 168, 206)
HSLhsl(196, 60%, 52%)
HSVhsv(196, 71%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(70.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.50, -18.28, -28.22)
CIE-LCHlch(64.50, 33.63, 237.06°)
OKLaboklab(68.64% -0.0776 -0.079)
OKLCHoklch(68.64% 0.111 225.5)
XYZxyz(27.0022, 33.4191, 63.4080)
Luminance0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3CA8CE #CE623C
analogous
#3CCEAB #3CA8CE #3C5FCE
triadic
#3CA8CE #CE3CA8 #A8CE3C
tetradic
#3CA8CE #AB3CCE #CE623C #5FCE3C
square
#3CA8CE #AB3CCE #CE623C #5FCE3C
split-complementary
#3CA8CE #CE3C5F #CEAB3C
monochromatic
#1D5C73 #2984A4 #3CA8CE #6DBEDA #9ED4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73
#3CA8CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68
#3CA8CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8CE
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3CA8CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3CA8CE1.002.737.687.68
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6821.001.001.00
##0000007.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A5D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F96CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3ca8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.111 225.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2dd',
    500: '#3ca8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3ca8ce;
$custom-light: #84c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3ca8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68636,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3CA8CE
secondary
#D3A493
accent
#6E45E3
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

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#3CA8CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva