#3CB4E2#3CB4E2

#3CB4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.123 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4E2
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -18.09, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 37.25, 240.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0819 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.123 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9066, 39.0904, 77.8004)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4E2 #E26A3C

analogous

#3CE2BD #3CB4E2 #3C61E2

triadic

#3CB4E2 #E23CB4 #B4E23C

tetradic

#3CB4E2 #BD3CE2 #E26A3C #61E23C

square

#3CB4E2 #BD3CE2 #E26A3C #61E23C

split-complementary

#3CB4E2 #E23C61 #E2BD3C

monochromatic

#156D8E #1D96C4 #3CB4E2 #71C8EA #A7DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3CB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#3CB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4E2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4E2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.123 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88caeb',
    500: '#3cb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4e2;
$custom-light: #88caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.627,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4E2

secondary

#DFAE9B

accent

#6B37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4E2

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

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