#3CB4CD#3CB4CD

#3CB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4CD
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -24.80, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 33.33, 221.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0898 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.109 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1995, 38.0076, 63.5431)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4CD #CD553C

analogous

#3CCD9E #3CB4CD #3C6CCD

triadic

#3CB4CD #CD3CB4 #B4CD3C

tetradic

#3CB4CD #9E3CCD #CD553C #6CCD3C

square

#3CB4CD #9E3CCD #CD553C #6CCD3C

split-complementary

#3CB4CD #CD3C6C #CD9E3C

monochromatic

#1D6371 #2A8DA2 #3CB4CD #6DC7D9 #9DD9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3CB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#3CB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4CD

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4CD	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cadc',
    500: '#3cb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4cd;
$custom-light: #85cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71455,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4CD

secondary

#D29E93

accent

#6045E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4CD

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

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