#3FA5CE#3FA5CE

#3FA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.110 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FA5CE
RGB	rgb(63, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -16.26, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 33.66, 241.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.073 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.11 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6411, 32.4203, 63.2342)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FA5CE #CE683F

analogous

#3FCEB0 #3FA5CE #3F5DCE

triadic

#3FA5CE #CE3FA5 #A5CE3F

tetradic

#3FA5CE #B03FCE #CE683F #5DCE3F

square

#3FA5CE #B03FCE #CE683F #5DCE3F

split-complementary

#3FA5CE #CE3F5D #CEB03F

monochromatic

#1E5C75 #2A82A6 #3FA5CE #70BCDA #A1D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3FA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#3FA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FA5CE

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FA5CE	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.110 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfdd',
    500: '#3fa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fa5ce;
$custom-light: #85bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68011,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FA5CE

secondary

#D3A795

accent

#7245E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FA5CE

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

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