#3CAEDE#3CAEDE

#3CAEDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAEDE
RGB	rgb(60, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -16.23, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 37.08, 244.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0776 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.122 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1790, 36.5032, 74.5484)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAEDE #DE6C3C

analogous

#3CDEBD #3CAEDE #3C5DDE

triadic

#3CAEDE #DE3CAE #AEDE3C

tetradic

#3CAEDE #BD3CDE #DE6C3C #5DDE3C

square

#3CAEDE #BD3CDE #DE6C3C #5DDE3C

split-complementary

#3CAEDE #DE3C5D #DEBD3C

monochromatic

#176788 #208EBD #3CAEDE #70C4E7 #A5D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3CAEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#3CAEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAEDE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAEDE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6e8',
    500: '#3caede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caede;
$custom-light: #87c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAEDE

secondary

#DDAD99

accent

#6F3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAEDE

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

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