#3CADD9#3CADD9

#3CADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CADD9
RGB	rgb(60, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -17.34, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 35.83, 241.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0784 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.118 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3264, 35.8542, 71.0071)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CADD9 #D9683C

analogous

#3CD9B6 #3CADD9 #3C5FD9

triadic

#3CADD9 #D93CAD #ADD93C

tetradic

#3CADD9 #B63CD9 #D9683C #5FD93C

square

#3CADD9 #B63CD9 #D9683C #5FD93C

split-complementary

#3CADD9 #D93C5F #D9B63C

monochromatic

#196481 #238CB5 #3CADD9 #6FC3E3 #A2D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#3CADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#3CADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CADD9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CADD9	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cadd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5e5',
    500: '#3cadd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cadd9;
$custom-light: #86c5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cadd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.815,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CADD9

secondary

#DAAA97

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CADD9

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

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