#3BA0CB#3BA0CB

#3BA0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.111 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA0CB
RGB	rgb(59, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -15.13, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 34.00, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.0712 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.111 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1496, 30.3804, 61.0269)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA0CB #CB663B

analogous

#3BCBAE #3BA0CB #3B58CB

triadic

#3BA0CB #CB3BA0 #A0CB3B

tetradic

#3BA0CB #AE3BCB #CB663B #58CB3B

square

#3BA0CB #AE3BCB #CB663B #58CB3B

split-complementary

#3BA0CB #CB3B58 #CBAE3B

monochromatic

#1D566E #2A7C9F #3BA0CB #6BB7D8 #9CCFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#3BA0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#3BA0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA0CB

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA0CB	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.111 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcdb',
    500: '#3ba0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba0cb;
$custom-light: #83bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66577,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA0CB

secondary

#D1A491

accent

#7547E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA0CB

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

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