#3CB4D8#3CB4D8

#3CB4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4D8
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -21.33, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 34.95, 232.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0856 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.115 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5743, 38.5575, 70.7834)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4D8 #D8603C

analogous

#3CD8AE #3CB4D8 #3C66D8

triadic

#3CB4D8 #D83CB4 #B4D83C

tetradic

#3CB4D8 #AE3CD8 #D8603C #66D83C

square

#3CB4D8 #AE3CD8 #D8603C #66D83C

split-complementary

#3CB4D8 #D83C66 #D8AE3C

monochromatic

#1A6880 #2492B3 #3CB4D8 #6FC8E2 #A2DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#3CB4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4D8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4D8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cae4',
    500: '#3cb4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4d8;
$custom-light: #86cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71913,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4D8

secondary

#D9A697

accent

#663EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4D8

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

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