#3CB5CF#3CB5CF

#3CB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5CF
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -24.69, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 33.60, 222.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.09 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.11 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6451, 38.5100, 64.8902)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5CF #CF563C

analogous

#3CCF9F #3CB5CF #3C6CCF

triadic

#3CB5CF #CF3CB5 #B5CF3C

tetradic

#3CB5CF #9F3CCF #CF563C #6CCF3C

square

#3CB5CF #9F3CCF #CF563C #6CCF3C

split-complementary

#3CB5CF #CF3C6C #CF9F3C

monochromatic

#1D6574 #298FA5 #3CB5CF #6DC8DB #9EDAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#3CB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5CF

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5CF	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbdd',
    500: '#3cb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5cf;
$custom-light: #85cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 60.494,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71775,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5CF

secondary

#D39F93

accent

#6044E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5CF

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

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