#3CB8E2#3CB8E2

#3CB8E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.122 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8E2
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -20.18, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 36.79, 236.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0857 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.122 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7258, 40.7288, 78.0734)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8E2 #E2663C

analogous

#3CE2B9 #3CB8E2 #3C65E2

triadic

#3CB8E2 #E23CB8 #B8E23C

tetradic

#3CB8E2 #B93CE2 #E2663C #65E23C

square

#3CB8E2 #B93CE2 #E2663C #65E23C

split-complementary

#3CB8E2 #E23C65 #E2B93C

monochromatic

#15708E #1D9AC4 #3CB8E2 #71CBEA #A7DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3CB8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#3CB8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8E2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8E2	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.122 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdeb',
    500: '#3cb8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8e2;
$custom-light: #88cdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.181,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8E2

secondary

#DFAC9B

accent

#6637F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8E2

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

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