#3CAFC8#3CAFC8

#3CAFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAFC8
RGB	rgb(60, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -23.83, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 32.47, 222.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0868 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.106 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6144, 35.7876, 60.0847)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAFC8 #C8553C

analogous

#3CC89B #3CAFC8 #3C69C8

triadic

#3CAFC8 #C83CAF #AFC83C

tetradic

#3CAFC8 #9B3CC8 #C8553C #69C83C

square

#3CAFC8 #9B3CC8 #C8553C #69C83C

split-complementary

#3CAFC8 #C83C69 #C89B3C

monochromatic

#1E5E6B #2C879B #3CAFC8 #6CC3D5 #9BD6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#3CAFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#3CAFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAFC8

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAFC8	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cafc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7d8',
    500: '#3cafc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cafc8;
$custom-light: #84c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cafc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70053,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAFC8

secondary

#CF9C91

accent

#6349DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAFC8

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

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