#3CBAD4#3CBAD4

#3CBAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBAD4
RGB	rgb(60, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -25.64, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 34.45, 221.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.093 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.113 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3010, 40.8283, 68.5056)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBAD4 #D4563C

analogous

#3CD4A2 #3CBAD4 #3C6ED4

triadic

#3CBAD4 #D43CBA #BAD43C

tetradic

#3CBAD4 #A23CD4 #D4563C #6ED43C

square

#3CBAD4 #A23CD4 #D4563C #6ED43C

split-complementary

#3CBAD4 #D43C6E #D4A23C

monochromatic

#1B6A7B #2696AD #3CBAD4 #6ECCDF #A0DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3CBAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#3CBAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBAD4

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBAD4	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe1',
    500: '#3cbad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbad4;
$custom-light: #86cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.263,
    "s": 63.866,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBAD4

secondary

#D7A095

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBAD4

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

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