#3CADD5#3CADD5

#3CADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CADD5
RGB	rgb(60, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -18.65, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 34.81, 237.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0799 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.115 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8124, 35.6486, 68.3002)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CADD5 #D5643C

analogous

#3CD5B0 #3CADD5 #3C60D5

triadic

#3CADD5 #D53CAD #ADD53C

tetradic

#3CADD5 #B03CD5 #D5643C #60D53C

square

#3CADD5 #B03CD5 #D5643C #60D53C

split-complementary

#3CADD5 #D53C60 #D5B03C

monochromatic

#1B627C #268BAE #3CADD5 #6EC2E0 #A1D7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#3CADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#3CADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CADD5

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CADD5	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cadd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5e2',
    500: '#3cadd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cadd5;
$custom-light: #85c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cadd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70129,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CADD5

secondary

#D7A796

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CADD5

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

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