#3CB5D8#3CB5D8

#3CB5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5D8
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -21.84, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 34.91, 231.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0866 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.115 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7769, 38.9627, 70.8509)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5D8 #D85F3C

analogous

#3CD8AD #3CB5D8 #3C67D8

triadic

#3CB5D8 #D83CB5 #B5D83C

tetradic

#3CB5D8 #AD3CD8 #D85F3C #67D83C

square

#3CB5D8 #AD3CD8 #D85F3C #67D83C

split-complementary

#3CB5D8 #D83C67 #D8AD3C

monochromatic

#1A6980 #2493B3 #3CB5D8 #6FC8E2 #A2DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3CB5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3CB5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5D8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5D8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbe4',
    500: '#3cb5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5d8;
$custom-light: #86cbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.462,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5D8

secondary

#D9A697

accent

#653EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5D8

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

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