#3CB5D9#3CB5D9

#3CB5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5D9
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -21.52, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 35.10, 232.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0862 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.116 222)
XYZ	xyz(30.9066, 39.0145, 71.5339)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5D9 #D9603C

analogous

#3CD9AF #3CB5D9 #3C67D9

triadic

#3CB5D9 #D93CB5 #B5D93C

tetradic

#3CB5D9 #AF3CD9 #D9603C #67D93C

square

#3CB5D9 #AF3CD9 #D9603C #67D93C

split-complementary

#3CB5D9 #D93C67 #D9AF3C

monochromatic

#196A81 #2393B5 #3CB5D9 #6FC8E3 #A2DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3CB5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#3CB5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5D9

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5D9	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbe4',
    500: '#3cb5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5d9;
$custom-light: #87cbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.758,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.39018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5D9

secondary

#DAA697

accent

#653EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5D9

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

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