#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
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -18.28, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 33.63, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0776 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.111 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0022, 33.4191, 63.4080)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##3CA8CE	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8CE

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

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