#3CB0C9#3CB0C9

#3CB0C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB0C9
RGB	rgb(60, 176, 201)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -24.03, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 32.64, 222.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0874 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.107 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9270, 36.2252, 60.7673)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB0C9 #C9553C

analogous

#3CC99B #3CB0C9 #3C69C9

triadic

#3CB0C9 #C93CB0 #B0C93C

tetradic

#3CB0C9 #9B3CC9 #C9553C #69C93C

square

#3CB0C9 #9B3CC9 #C9553C #69C93C

split-complementary

#3CB0C9 #C93C69 #C99B3C

monochromatic

#1E5F6D #2B889C #3CB0C9 #6CC3D6 #9CD7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3CB0C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#3CB0C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB0C9

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB0C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB0C9	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)

#9EAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb0c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 176, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7d9',
    500: '#3cb0c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb0c9;
$custom-light: #84c7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb0c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.638,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70334,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB0C9

secondary

#D09C91

accent

#6348E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB0C9

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

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