#3CB8DB#3CB8DB

#3CB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8DB
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -22.43, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 35.37, 230.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0883 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.117 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7848, 40.3524, 73.1177)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8DB #DB5F3C

analogous

#3CDBAF #3CB8DB #3C68DB

triadic

#3CB8DB #DB3CB8 #B8DB3C

tetradic

#3CB8DB #AF3CDB #DB5F3C #68DB3C

square

#3CB8DB #AF3CDB #DB5F3C #68DB3C

split-complementary

#3CB8DB #DB3C68 #DBAF3C

monochromatic

#186C84 #2297B8 #3CB8DB #70CBE5 #A3DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3CB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#3CB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8DB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8DB	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cde6',
    500: '#3cb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8db;
$custom-light: #87cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.208,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72985,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8DB

secondary

#DBA798

accent

#633CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8DB

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

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