#3CA8D0#3CA8D0

#3CA8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.112 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8D0
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -17.63, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 34.12, 238.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0768 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.112 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2467, 33.5169, 64.6957)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8D0 #D0643C

analogous

#3CD0AE #3CA8D0 #3C5ED0

triadic

#3CA8D0 #D03CA8 #A8D03C

tetradic

#3CA8D0 #AE3CD0 #D0643C #5ED03C

square

#3CA8D0 #AE3CD0 #D0643C #5ED03C

split-complementary

#3CA8D0 #D03C5E #D0AE3C

monochromatic

#1C5D75 #2884A7 #3CA8D0 #6DBEDC #9FD4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3CA8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#3CA8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8D0

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8D0	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.112 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2de',
    500: '#3ca8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8d0;
$custom-light: #84c2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 61.157,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68725,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8D0

secondary

#D4A594

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8D0

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

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