#3CB8DC#3CB8DC

#3CB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8DC
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -22.11, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 35.55, 231.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0879 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.117 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9169, 40.4052, 73.8131)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8DC #DC603C

analogous

#3CDCB0 #3CB8DC #3C68DC

triadic

#3CB8DC #DC3CB8 #B8DC3C

tetradic

#3CB8DC #B03CDC #DC603C #68DC3C

square

#3CB8DC #B03CDC #DC603C #68DC3C

split-complementary

#3CB8DC #DC3C68 #DCB03C

monochromatic

#186D86 #2197BA #3CB8DC #70CBE5 #A4DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3CB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#3CB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8DC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8DC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cde7',
    500: '#3cb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8dc;
$custom-light: #87cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73028,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8DC

secondary

#DCA798

accent

#633BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8DC

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

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