#3BA0CD#3BA0CD

#3BA0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.113 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA0CD
RGB	rgb(59, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -14.46, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 34.61, 245.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0705 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.113 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3895, 30.4763, 62.2902)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA0CD #CD683B

analogous

#3BCDB1 #3BA0CD #3B57CD

triadic

#3BA0CD #CD3BA0 #A0CD3B

tetradic

#3BA0CD #B13BCD #CD683B #57CD3B

square

#3BA0CD #B13BCD #CD683B #57CD3B

split-complementary

#3BA0CD #CD3B57 #CDB13B

monochromatic

#1D5771 #297CA2 #3BA0CD #6CB8D9 #9DCFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#3BA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#3BA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA0CD

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA0CD	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7590CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.113 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcdc',
    500: '#3ba0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba0cd;
$custom-light: #83bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.493,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66669,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA0CD

secondary

#D2A692

accent

#7645E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA0CD

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

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