#3CB3D9#3CB3D9

#3CB3D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB3D9
RGB	rgb(60, 179, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -20.49, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 35.21, 234.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0842 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.116 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5028, 38.2071, 71.3993)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB3D9 #D9623C

analogous

#3CD9B0 #3CB3D9 #3C65D9

triadic

#3CB3D9 #D93CB3 #B3D93C

tetradic

#3CB3D9 #B03CD9 #D9623C #65D93C

square

#3CB3D9 #B03CD9 #D9623C #65D93C

split-complementary

#3CB3D9 #D93C65 #D9B03C

monochromatic

#196881 #2391B5 #3CB3D9 #6FC7E3 #A2DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#3CB3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB3D9

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB3D9	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 179, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cae4',
    500: '#3cb3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb3d9;
$custom-light: #86cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71719,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB3D9

secondary

#DAA797

accent

#673EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB3D9

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

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