#3FA9CE#3FA9CE

#3FA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FA9CE
RGB	rgb(63, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -18.39, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 33.20, 236.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.077 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.109 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3739, 33.8858, 63.4785)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FA9CE #CE643F

analogous

#3FCEAB #3FA9CE #3F62CE

triadic

#3FA9CE #CE3FA9 #A9CE3F

tetradic

#3FA9CE #AB3FCE #CE643F #62CE3F

square

#3FA9CE #AB3FCE #CE643F #62CE3F

split-complementary

#3FA9CE #CE3F62 #CEAB3F

monochromatic

#1E5E75 #2A86A6 #3FA9CE #70BFDA #A1D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#3FA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#3FA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FA9CE

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FA9CE	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fa9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2dd',
    500: '#3fa9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fa9ce;
$custom-light: #85c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fa9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68957,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FA9CE

secondary

#D3A595

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FA9CE

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

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