#3CB6DB#3CB6DB

#3CB6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB6DB
RGB	rgb(60, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -21.40, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 35.44, 232.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0864 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.117 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3723, 39.5274, 72.9802)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB6DB #DB613C

analogous

#3CDBB0 #3CB6DB #3C67DB

triadic

#3CB6DB #DB3CB6 #B6DB3C

tetradic

#3CB6DB #B03CDB #DB613C #67DB3C

square

#3CB6DB #B03CDB #DB613C #67DB3C

split-complementary

#3CB6DB #DB3C67 #DBB03C

monochromatic

#186B84 #2295B8 #3CB6DB #70C9E5 #A3DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3CB6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#3CB6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB6DB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB6DB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cce6',
    500: '#3cb6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb6db;
$custom-light: #87cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.962,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72513,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB6DB

secondary

#DBA798

accent

#653CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB6DB

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

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