#3FA8CD#3FA8CD

#3FA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.109 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FA8CD
RGB	rgb(63, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -18.19, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 33.06, 236.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0764 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.109 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0675, 33.4668, 62.7790)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FA8CD #CD643F

analogous

#3FCDAB #3FA8CD #3F61CD

triadic

#3FA8CD #CD3FA8 #A8CD3F

tetradic

#3FA8CD #AB3FCD #CD643F #61CD3F

square

#3FA8CD #AB3FCD #CD643F #61CD3F

split-complementary

#3FA8CD #CD3F61 #CDAB3F

monochromatic

#1E5D74 #2B84A4 #3FA8CD #70BEDA #A0D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3FA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#3FA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FA8CD

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FA8CD	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.109 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2dc',
    500: '#3fa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fa8cd;
$custom-light: #85c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68676,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FA8CD

secondary

#D3A595

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FA8CD

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

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