#3CAED2#3CAED2

#3CAED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAED2
RGB	rgb(60, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -20.14, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 34.06, 233.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.082 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.112 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6276, 35.8826, 66.3775)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAED2 #D2603C

analogous

#3CD2AB #3CAED2 #3C63D2

triadic

#3CAED2 #D23CAE #AED23C

tetradic

#3CAED2 #AB3CD2 #D2603C #63D23C

square

#3CAED2 #AB3CD2 #D2603C #63D23C

split-complementary

#3CAED2 #D23C63 #D2AB3C

monochromatic

#1C6278 #278AAA #3CAED2 #6EC3DD #9FD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#3CAED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#3CAED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAED2

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAED2	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e0',
    500: '#3caed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caed2;
$custom-light: #85c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70234,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAED2

secondary

#D5A494

accent

#6942E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAED2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →