#3CA9CC#3CA9CC

#3CA9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.109 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9CC
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -19.46, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 33.10, 234.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0793 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.109 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9461, 33.6931, 62.1983)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9CC #CC5F3C

analogous

#3CCCA7 #3CA9CC #3C61CC

triadic

#3CA9CC #CC3CA9 #A9CC3C

tetradic

#3CA9CC #A73CCC #CC5F3C #61CC3C

square

#3CA9CC #A73CCC #CC5F3C #61CC3C

split-complementary

#3CA9CC #CC3C61 #CCA73C

monochromatic

#1D5C70 #2A84A1 #3CA9CC #6DBED9 #9DD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#3CA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#3CA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9CC

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9CC	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.109 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2db',
    500: '#3ca9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9cc;
$custom-light: #84c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68786,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9CC

secondary

#D1A292

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9CC

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

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