#3CB6E2#3CB6E2

#3CB6E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB6E2
RGB	rgb(60, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -19.14, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 37.00, 238.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0838 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.122 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3133, 39.9037, 77.9359)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB6E2 #E2683C

analogous

#3CE2BB #3CB6E2 #3C63E2

triadic

#3CB6E2 #E23CB6 #B6E23C

tetradic

#3CB6E2 #BB3CE2 #E2683C #63E23C

square

#3CB6E2 #BB3CE2 #E2683C #63E23C

split-complementary

#3CB6E2 #E23C63 #E2BB3C

monochromatic

#156E8E #1D98C4 #3CB6E2 #71CAEA #A7DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3CB6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#3CB6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB6E2

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB6E2	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cceb',
    500: '#3cb6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb6e2;
$custom-light: #88cceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72818,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB6E2

secondary

#DFAD9B

accent

#6837F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB6E2

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

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