#3CB8DA#3CB8DA

#3CB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8DA
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -22.75, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 35.20, 229.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0887 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.116 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6536, 40.2999, 72.4265)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8DA #DA5E3C

analogous

#3CDAAD #3CB8DA #3C69DA

triadic

#3CB8DA #DA3CB8 #B8DA3C

tetradic

#3CB8DA #AD3CDA #DA5E3C #69DA3C

square

#3CB8DA #AD3CDA #DA5E3C #69DA3C

split-complementary

#3CB8DA #DA3C69 #DAAD3C

monochromatic

#196C83 #2396B6 #3CB8DA #6FCBE4 #A3DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3CB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#3CB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8DA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8DA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cde5',
    500: '#3cb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8da;
$custom-light: #87cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.911,
    "s": 68.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72943,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8DA

secondary

#DAA697

accent

#623DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8DA

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

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