#3CAAD3#3CAAD3

#3CAAD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAAD3
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -17.72, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 34.65, 239.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0777 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.114 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9913, 34.4100, 66.7820)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAAD3 #D3653C

analogous

#3CD3B0 #3CAAD3 #3C5FD3

triadic

#3CAAD3 #D33CAA #AAD33C

tetradic

#3CAAD3 #B03CD3 #D3653C #5FD33C

square

#3CAAD3 #B03CD3 #D3653C #5FD33C

split-complementary

#3CAAD3 #D33C5F #D3B03C

monochromatic

#1B6079 #2787AB #3CAAD3 #6EC0DE #A0D6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#3CAAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#3CAAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAAD3

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAAD3	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3e0',
    500: '#3caad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caad3;
$custom-light: #85c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69332,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAAD3

secondary

#D6A795

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAAD3

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

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