#3FB4DC#3FB4DC

#3FB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FB4DC
RGB	rgb(63, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -19.66, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 35.48, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0827 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.117 225)
XYZ	xyz(31.2841, 38.8630, 73.5488)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FB4DC #DC673F

analogous

#3FDCB6 #3FB4DC #3F65DC

triadic

#3FB4DC #DC3FB4 #B4DC3F

tetradic

#3FB4DC #B63FDC #DC673F #65DC3F

square

#3FB4DC #B63FDC #DC673F #65DC3F

split-complementary

#3FB4DC #DC3F65 #DCB63F

monochromatic

#196C88 #2295BC #3FB4DC #73C8E5 #A7DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3FB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#3FB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FB4DC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FB4DC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cae7',
    500: '#3fb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fb4dc;
$custom-light: #88cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.287,
    "s": 69.163,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.38867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FB4DC

secondary

#DCAB9B

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FB4DC

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

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