#3CB4D9#3CB4D9

#3CB4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4D9
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -21.01, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 35.15, 233.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0852 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.116 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7039, 38.6093, 71.4663)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4D9 #D9613C

analogous

#3CD9B0 #3CB4D9 #3C66D9

triadic

#3CB4D9 #D93CB4 #B4D93C

tetradic

#3CB4D9 #B03CD9 #D9613C #66D93C

square

#3CB4D9 #B03CD9 #D9613C #66D93C

split-complementary

#3CB4D9 #D93C66 #D9B03C

monochromatic

#196981 #2392B5 #3CB4D9 #6FC8E3 #A2DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3CB4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4D9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4D9	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cae4',
    500: '#3cb4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4d9;
$custom-light: #87cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.14,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4D9

secondary

#DAA797

accent

#663EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4D9

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

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