#3CAAD0#3CAAD0

#3CAAD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAAD0
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 208)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -18.69, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 33.92, 236.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0788 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.112 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6187, 34.2610, 64.8197)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAAD0 #D0623C

analogous

#3CD0AC #3CAAD0 #3C60D0

triadic

#3CAAD0 #D03CAA #AAD03C

tetradic

#3CAAD0 #AC3CD0 #D0623C #60D03C

square

#3CAAD0 #AC3CD0 #D0623C #60D03C

split-complementary

#3CAAD0 #D03C60 #D0AC3C

monochromatic

#1C5E75 #2886A7 #3CAAD0 #6DBFDC #9FD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#3CAAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#3CAAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAAD0

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAAD0	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3de',
    500: '#3caad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caad0;
$custom-light: #85c3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 61.157,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69199,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAAD0

secondary

#D4A494

accent

#6D44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAAD0

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

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