#3CAED9#3CAED9

#3CAED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAED9
RGB	rgb(60, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -17.87, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 35.70, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0794 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.118 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5188, 36.2391, 71.0713)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAED9 #D9673C

analogous

#3CD9B6 #3CAED9 #3C60D9

triadic

#3CAED9 #D93CAE #AED93C

tetradic

#3CAED9 #B63CD9 #D9673C #60D93C

square

#3CAED9 #B63CD9 #D9673C #60D93C

split-complementary

#3CAED9 #D93C60 #D9B63C

monochromatic

#196581 #238DB5 #3CAED9 #6FC3E3 #A2D9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3CAED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#3CAED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAED9

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAED9	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6e5',
    500: '#3caed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caed9;
$custom-light: #86c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70542,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAED9

secondary

#DAA997

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAED9

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

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