#3CB1C9#3CB1C9

#3CB1C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB1C9
RGB	rgb(60, 177, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -24.53, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 32.71, 221.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0884 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.107 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1238, 36.6188, 60.8329)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB1C9 #C9543C

analogous

#3CC99A #3CB1C9 #3C6AC9

triadic

#3CB1C9 #C93CB1 #B1C93C

tetradic

#3CB1C9 #9A3CC9 #C9543C #6AC93C

square

#3CB1C9 #9A3CC9 #C9543C #6AC93C

split-complementary

#3CB1C9 #C93C6A #C99A3C

monochromatic

#1E5F6D #2B899C #3CB1C9 #6CC4D6 #9CD7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#3CB1C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#3CB1C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB1C9

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB1C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB1C9	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb1c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 177, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8d9',
    500: '#3cb1c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb1c9;
$custom-light: #84c8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb1c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.213,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70574,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB1C9

secondary

#D09C91

accent

#6248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB1C9

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

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