#3CB8D4#3CB8D4

#3CB8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8D4
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -24.64, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 34.33, 224.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.091 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.113 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8826, 39.9915, 68.3661)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8D4 #D4583C

analogous

#3CD4A4 #3CB8D4 #3C6CD4

triadic

#3CB8D4 #D43CB8 #B8D43C

tetradic

#3CB8D4 #A43CD4 #D4583C #6CD43C

square

#3CB8D4 #A43CD4 #D4583C #6CD43C

split-complementary

#3CB8D4 #D43C6C #D4A43C

monochromatic

#1B697B #2694AD #3CB8D4 #6ECADF #A0DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3CB8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#3CB8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8D4

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8D4	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cde1',
    500: '#3cb8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8d4;
$custom-light: #86cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 63.866,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8D4

secondary

#D7A195

accent

#5F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8D4

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

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