#3FA8CE#3FA8CE

#3FA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.109 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FA8CE
RGB	rgb(63, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -17.86, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 33.30, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.076 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.109 226)
XYZ	xyz(27.1886, 33.5152, 63.4167)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FA8CE #CE653F

analogous

#3FCEAC #3FA8CE #3F60CE

triadic

#3FA8CE #CE3FA8 #A8CE3F

tetradic

#3FA8CE #AC3FCE #CE653F #60CE3F

square

#3FA8CE #AC3FCE #CE653F #60CE3F

split-complementary

#3FA8CE #CE3F60 #CEAC3F

monochromatic

#1E5E75 #2A85A6 #3FA8CE #70BEDA #A1D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3FA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#3FA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FA8CE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FA8CE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.109 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2dd',
    500: '#3fa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fa8ce;
$custom-light: #85c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6872,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.33518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FA8CE

secondary

#D3A695

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FA8CE

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

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