#3CB2E2#3CB2E2

#3CB2E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB2E2
RGB	rgb(60, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -17.04, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 37.56, 243.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.08 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.123 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5058, 38.2887, 77.6668)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB2E2 #E26C3C

analogous

#3CE2BF #3CB2E2 #3C5FE2

triadic

#3CB2E2 #E23CB2 #B2E23C

tetradic

#3CB2E2 #BF3CE2 #E26C3C #5FE23C

square

#3CB2E2 #BF3CE2 #E26C3C #5FE23C

split-complementary

#3CB2E2 #E23C5F #E2BF3C

monochromatic

#156B8E #1D94C4 #3CB2E2 #71C7EA #A7DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#3CB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB2E2

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB2E2	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9eb',
    500: '#3cb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb2e2;
$custom-light: #88c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.349,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB2E2

secondary

#DFAE9B

accent

#6D37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB2E2

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

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