#3CB0D9#3CB0D9

#3CB0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB0D9
RGB	rgb(60, 176, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -18.93, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 35.46, 237.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0813 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.117 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9081, 37.0176, 71.2010)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB0D9 #D9653C

analogous

#3CD9B4 #3CB0D9 #3C62D9

triadic

#3CB0D9 #D93CB0 #B0D93C

tetradic

#3CB0D9 #B43CD9 #D9653C #62D93C

square

#3CB0D9 #B43CD9 #D9653C #62D93C

split-complementary

#3CB0D9 #D93C62 #D9B43C

monochromatic

#196681 #238FB5 #3CB0D9 #6FC5E3 #A2DAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3CB0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#3CB0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB0D9

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB0D9	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 176, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7e5',
    500: '#3cb0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb0d9;
$custom-light: #86c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.669,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71012,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB0D9

secondary

#DAA897

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB0D9

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

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