#3FA5C9#3FA5C9

#3FA5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.106 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FA5C9
RGB	rgb(63, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -17.88, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 32.38, 236.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0749 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.106 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0434, 32.1812, 60.0861)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FA5C9 #C9633F

analogous

#3FC9A8 #3FA5C9 #3F60C9

triadic

#3FA5C9 #C93FA5 #A5C93F

tetradic

#3FA5C9 #A83FC9 #C9633F #60C93F

square

#3FA5C9 #A83FC9 #C9633F #60C93F

split-complementary

#3FA5C9 #C93F60 #C9A83F

monochromatic

#1F5A6F #2D819E #3FA5C9 #6FBBD6 #9FD2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3FA5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#3FA5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FA5C9

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FA5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FA5C9	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fa5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.106 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfd9',
    500: '#3fa5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fa5c9;
$custom-light: #84bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fa5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67789,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FA5C9

secondary

#D0A394

accent

#7048DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FA5C9

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

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