#3CA9C8#3CA9C8

#3CA9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.106 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9C8
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -20.74, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 32.32, 230.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0808 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.106 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4725, 33.5037, 59.7041)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9C8 #C85B3C

analogous

#3CC8A1 #3CA9C8 #3C63C8

triadic

#3CA9C8 #C83CA9 #A9C83C

tetradic

#3CA9C8 #A13CC8 #C85B3C #63C83C

square

#3CA9C8 #A13CC8 #C85B3C #63C83C

split-complementary

#3CA9C8 #C83C63 #C8A13C

monochromatic

#1E5A6B #2C829B #3CA9C8 #6CBED5 #9BD3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3CA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#3CA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9C8

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9C8	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)

#96A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.106 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2d8',
    500: '#3ca9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9c8;
$custom-light: #83c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68615,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9C8

secondary

#CF9F91

accent

#6A49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9C8

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

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