#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
RGBrgb(60, 180, 217)
HSLhsl(194, 67%, 54%)
HSVhsv(194, 72%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.47, -21.01, -28.18)
CIE-LCHlch(68.47, 35.15, 233.29°)
OKLaboklab(71.96% -0.0852 -0.0788)
OKLCHoklch(71.96% 0.116 222.8)
XYZxyz(30.7039, 38.6093, 71.4663)
Luminance0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##3CB4D91.002.418.728.72
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7221.001.001.00
##0000008.7221.001.001.00

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

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#3CB4D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva