#3CACD4#3CACD4

#3CACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CACD4
RGB	rgb(60, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -18.45, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 34.67, 237.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0793 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.114 226)
XYZ	xyz(28.4948, 35.2159, 67.5702)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CACD4 #D4643C

analogous

#3CD4B0 #3CACD4 #3C60D4

triadic

#3CACD4 #D43CAC #ACD43C

tetradic

#3CACD4 #B03CD4 #D4643C #60D43C

square

#3CACD4 #B03CD4 #D4643C #60D43C

split-complementary

#3CACD4 #D43C60 #D4B03C

monochromatic

#1B617B #2689AD #3CACD4 #6EC1DF #A0D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3CACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#3CACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CACD4

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CACD4	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cacd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e1',
    500: '#3cacd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cacd4;
$custom-light: #85c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cacd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 63.866,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69848,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.35219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CACD4

secondary

#D7A695

accent

#6D41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CACD4

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

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