#3CB6D9#3CB6D9

#3CB6D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB6D9
RGB	rgb(60, 182, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -22.04, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 35.06, 231.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0871 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.116 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1106, 39.4227, 71.6019)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB6D9 #D95F3C

analogous

#3CD9AE #3CB6D9 #3C68D9

triadic

#3CB6D9 #D93CB6 #B6D93C

tetradic

#3CB6D9 #AE3CD9 #D95F3C #68D93C

square

#3CB6D9 #AE3CD9 #D95F3C #68D93C

split-complementary

#3CB6D9 #D93C68 #D9AE3C

monochromatic

#196A81 #2394B5 #3CB6D9 #6FC9E3 #A2DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3CB6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#3CB6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB6D9

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB6D9	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 182, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cce4',
    500: '#3cb6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb6d9;
$custom-light: #87cce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.376,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72428,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB6D9

secondary

#DAA697

accent

#643EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB6D9

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

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