#3CAEC9#3CAEC9

#3CAEC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAEC9
RGB	rgb(60, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -23.01, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 32.53, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0854 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.107 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5377, 35.4467, 60.6376)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAEC9 #C9573C

analogous

#3CC99D #3CAEC9 #3C67C9

triadic

#3CAEC9 #C93CAE #AEC93C

tetradic

#3CAEC9 #9D3CC9 #C9573C #67C93C

square

#3CAEC9 #9D3CC9 #C9573C #67C93C

split-complementary

#3CAEC9 #C93C67 #C99D3C

monochromatic

#1E5E6D #2B879C #3CAEC9 #6CC2D6 #9CD6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#3CAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#3CAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAEC9

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAEC9	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6d9',
    500: '#3caec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caec9;
$custom-light: #84c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69854,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAEC9

secondary

#D09D91

accent

#6548E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAEC9

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

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