#3CAAD5#3CAAD5

#3CAAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAAD5
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -17.06, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 35.18, 240.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.077 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.116 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2436, 34.5110, 68.1106)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAAD5 #D5673C

analogous

#3CD5B4 #3CAAD5 #3C5DD5

triadic

#3CAAD5 #D53CAA #AAD53C

tetradic

#3CAAD5 #B43CD5 #D5673C #5DD53C

square

#3CAAD5 #B43CD5 #D5673C #5DD53C

split-complementary

#3CAAD5 #D53C5D #D5B43C

monochromatic

#1B617C #2688AE #3CAAD5 #6EC0E0 #A1D6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#3CAAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#3CAAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAAD5

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAAD5	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3e2',
    500: '#3caad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caad5;
$custom-light: #85c3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.863,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69421,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAAD5

secondary

#D7A896

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAAD5

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

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