#3CA9CD#3CA9CD

#3CA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9CD
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -19.14, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 33.32, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0789 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.11 224)
XYZ	xyz(27.0664, 33.7413, 62.8320)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9CD #CD603C

analogous

#3CCDA9 #3CA9CD #3C60CD

triadic

#3CA9CD #CD3CA9 #A9CD3C

tetradic

#3CA9CD #A93CCD #CD603C #60CD3C

square

#3CA9CD #A93CCD #CD603C #60CD3C

split-complementary

#3CA9CD #CD3C60 #CDA93C

monochromatic

#1D5D71 #2A84A2 #3CA9CD #6DBED9 #9DD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#3CA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#3CA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9CD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9CD	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2dc',
    500: '#3ca9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9cd;
$custom-light: #84c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6883,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.33744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9CD

secondary

#D2A293

accent

#6C45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9CD

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

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