#3CAFC9#3CAFC9

#3CAFC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAFC9
RGB	rgb(60, 175, 201)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -23.52, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 32.58, 223.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0864 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.107 216)
XYZ	xyz(27.7316, 35.8345, 60.7022)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAFC9 #C9563C

analogous

#3CC99C #3CAFC9 #3C68C9

triadic

#3CAFC9 #C93CAF #AFC93C

tetradic

#3CAFC9 #9C3CC9 #C9563C #68C93C

square

#3CAFC9 #9C3CC9 #C9563C #68C93C

split-complementary

#3CAFC9 #C93C68 #C99C3C

monochromatic

#1E5E6D #2B889C #3CAFC9 #6CC3D6 #9CD6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#3CAFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#3CAFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAFC9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAFC9	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cafc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 175, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7d9',
    500: '#3cafc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cafc9;
$custom-light: #84c7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cafc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70094,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.35838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAFC9

secondary

#D09D91

accent

#6448E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAFC9

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

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