#3CACD5#3CACD5

#3CACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CACD5
RGB	rgb(60, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -18.12, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 34.92, 238.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0789 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.115 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6214, 35.2665, 68.2366)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CACD5 #D5653C

analogous

#3CD5B1 #3CACD5 #3C5FD5

triadic

#3CACD5 #D53CAC #ACD53C

tetradic

#3CACD5 #B13CD5 #D5653C #5FD53C

square

#3CACD5 #B13CD5 #D5653C #5FD53C

split-complementary

#3CACD5 #D53C5F #D5B13C

monochromatic

#1B627C #268AAE #3CACD5 #6EC1E0 #A1D7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3CACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#3CACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CACD5

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CACD5	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cacd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e2',
    500: '#3cacd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cacd5;
$custom-light: #85c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cacd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69893,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CACD5

secondary

#D7A796

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CACD5

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

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