#3CAED3#3CAED3

#3CAED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAED3
RGB	rgb(60, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -19.82, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 34.27, 234.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0816 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.113 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7526, 35.9326, 67.0357)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAED3 #D3613C

analogous

#3CD3AC #3CAED3 #3C62D3

triadic

#3CAED3 #D33CAE #AED33C

tetradic

#3CAED3 #AC3CD3 #D3613C #62D33C

square

#3CAED3 #AC3CD3 #D3613C #62D33C

split-complementary

#3CAED3 #D33C62 #D3AC3C

monochromatic

#1B6279 #278BAB #3CAED3 #6EC3DE #A0D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#3CAED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#3CAED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAED3

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAED3	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e0',
    500: '#3caed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caed3;
$custom-light: #85c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70277,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAED3

secondary

#D6A595

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAED3

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

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