#3CB3E6#3CB3E6

#3CB3E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB3E6
RGB	rgb(60, 179, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -16.25, -34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 38.55, 245.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0796 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.126 231)
XYZ	xyz(32.2607, 38.9102, 80.6577)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB3E6 #E66F3C

analogous

#3CE6C4 #3CB3E6 #3C5EE6

triadic

#3CB3E6 #E63CB3 #B3E63C

tetradic

#3CB3E6 #C43CE6 #E66F3C #5EE63C

square

#3CB3E6 #C43CE6 #E66F3C #5EE63C

split-complementary

#3CB3E6 #E63C5E #E6C43C

monochromatic

#136E95 #1A96CB #3CB3E6 #72C8ED #A8DDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3CB3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#3CB3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB3E6

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB3E6	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 179, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9ee',
    500: '#3cb3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb3e6;
$custom-light: #88c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.723,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.38914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB3E6

secondary

#E2B19C

accent

#6E34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB3E6

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

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