#3CB8E6#3CB8E6

#3CB8E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.125 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8E6
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -18.88, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 37.76, 239.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0843 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.125 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2811, 40.9509, 80.9978)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8E6 #E66A3C

analogous

#3CE6BF #3CB8E6 #3C63E6

triadic

#3CB8E6 #E63CB8 #B8E63C

tetradic

#3CB8E6 #BF3CE6 #E66A3C #63E63C

square

#3CB8E6 #BF3CE6 #E66A3C #63E63C

split-complementary

#3CB8E6 #E63C63 #E6BF3C

monochromatic

#137295 #1A9BCB #3CB8E6 #72CCED #A8E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#3CB8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#3CB8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8E6

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8E6	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.125 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdee',
    500: '#3cb8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8e6;
$custom-light: #89cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.235,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8E6

secondary

#E2AF9C

accent

#6834F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8E6

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

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