#3BA0CC#3BA0CC

#3BA0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.112 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA0CC
RGB	rgb(59, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -14.80, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 34.30, 244.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0709 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.112 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2692, 30.4282, 61.6565)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA0CC #CC673B

analogous

#3BCCB0 #3BA0CC #3B58CC

triadic

#3BA0CC #CC3BA0 #A0CC3B

tetradic

#3BA0CC #B03BCC #CC673B #58CC3B

square

#3BA0CC #B03BCC #CC673B #58CC3B

split-complementary

#3BA0CC #CC3B58 #CCB03B

monochromatic

#1D5770 #2A7CA0 #3BA0CC #6CB8D9 #9CCFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#3BA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#3BA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA0CC

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA0CC	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.112 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcdb',
    500: '#3ba0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba0cc;
$custom-light: #83bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66623,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA0CC

secondary

#D1A592

accent

#7546E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA0CC

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

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