#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
RGBrgb(60, 186, 212)
HSLhsl(190, 64%, 53%)
HSVhsv(190, 72%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.06, -25.64, -23.01)
CIE-LCHlch(70.06, 34.45, 221.89°)
OKLaboklab(73.17% -0.093 -0.0641)
OKLCHoklch(73.17% 0.113 214.6)
XYZxyz(31.3010, 40.8283, 68.5056)
Luminance0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##3CBAD41.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

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

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#3CBAD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva