#3CBDE2#3CBDE2

#3CBDE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBDE2
RGB	rgb(60, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -22.75, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 36.47, 231.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0905 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.121 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7828, 42.8428, 78.4258)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBDE2 #E2613C

analogous

#3CE2B4 #3CBDE2 #3C6AE2

triadic

#3CBDE2 #E23CBD #BDE23C

tetradic

#3CBDE2 #B43CE2 #E2613C #6AE23C

square

#3CBDE2 #B43CE2 #E2613C #6AE23C

split-complementary

#3CBDE2 #E23C6A #E2B43C

monochromatic

#15738E #1D9FC4 #3CBDE2 #71CFEA #A7E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#3CBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#3CBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBDE2

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBDE2	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1eb',
    500: '#3cbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbde2;
$custom-light: #88d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.373,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBDE2

secondary

#DFAA9B

accent

#6037F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBDE2

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

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