#3CAAD2#3CAAD2

#3CAAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAAD2
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 19%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -18.04, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 34.40, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.078 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.113 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8663, 34.3600, 66.1238)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAAD2 #D2643C

analogous

#3CD2AF #3CAAD2 #3C5FD2

triadic

#3CAAD2 #D23CAA #AAD23C

tetradic

#3CAAD2 #AF3CD2 #D2643C #5FD23C

square

#3CAAD2 #AF3CD2 #D2643C #5FD23C

split-complementary

#3CAAD2 #D23C5F #D2AF3C

monochromatic

#1C5F78 #2787AA #3CAAD2 #6EC0DD #9FD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#3CAAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#3CAAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAAD2

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAAD2	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3e0',
    500: '#3caad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caad2;
$custom-light: #85c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69287,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAAD2

secondary

#D5A694

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAAD2

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

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