#3FA3CD#3FA3CD

#3FA3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FA3CD
RGB	rgb(63, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -15.52, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 33.68, 242.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0714 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.11 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1621, 31.6560, 62.4772)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FA3CD #CD693F

analogous

#3FCDB0 #3FA3CD #3F5CCD

triadic

#3FA3CD #CD3FA3 #A3CD3F

tetradic

#3FA3CD #B03FCD #CD693F #5CCD3F

square

#3FA3CD #B03FCD #CD693F #5CCD3F

split-complementary

#3FA3CD #CD3F5C #CDB03F

monochromatic

#1E5A74 #2B80A4 #3FA3CD #70BADA #A0D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#3FA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#3FA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FA3CD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FA3CD	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fa3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bedc',
    500: '#3fa3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fa3cd;
$custom-light: #85bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fa3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67493,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FA3CD

secondary

#D3A795

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FA3CD

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

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