#3CB3D8#3CB3D8

#3CB3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB3D8
RGB	rgb(60, 179, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -20.81, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 35.00, 233.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0846 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.116 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3731, 38.1552, 70.7164)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB3D8 #D8613C

analogous

#3CD8AF #3CB3D8 #3C65D8

triadic

#3CB3D8 #D83CB3 #B3D83C

tetradic

#3CB3D8 #AF3CD8 #D8613C #65D83C

square

#3CB3D8 #AF3CD8 #D8613C #65D83C

split-complementary

#3CB3D8 #D83C65 #D8AF3C

monochromatic

#1A6880 #2491B3 #3CB3D8 #6FC7E2 #A2DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#3CB3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB3D8

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB3D8	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 179, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cae4',
    500: '#3cb3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb3d8;
$custom-light: #86cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.231,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71676,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB3D8

secondary

#D9A697

accent

#673EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB3D8

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

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