#3CA9D0#3CA9D0

#3CA9D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.112 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9D0
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -18.16, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 34.01, 237.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0778 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.112 226)
XYZ	xyz(27.4320, 33.8875, 64.7575)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9D0 #D0633C

analogous

#3CD0AD #3CA9D0 #3C5FD0

triadic

#3CA9D0 #D03CA9 #A9D03C

tetradic

#3CA9D0 #AD3CD0 #D0633C #5FD03C

square

#3CA9D0 #AD3CD0 #D0633C #5FD03C

split-complementary

#3CA9D0 #D03C5F #D0AD3C

monochromatic

#1C5E75 #2885A7 #3CA9D0 #6DBFDC #9FD4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#3CA9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#3CA9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9D0

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9D0	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.112 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2de',
    500: '#3ca9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9d0;
$custom-light: #85c2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 61.157,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68962,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.33891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9D0

secondary

#D4A594

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9D0

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

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