#3BA0D8#3BA0D8

#3BA0D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.123 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BA0D8
RGBrgb(59, 160, 216)
HSLhsl(201, 67%, 54%)
HSVhsv(201, 73%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.53, -10.77, -36.83)
CIE-LCHlch(62.53, 38.37, 253.71°)
OKLaboklab(67.2% -0.0668 -0.1039)
OKLCHoklch(67.2% 0.123 237.3)
XYZxyz(26.7642, 31.0262, 69.5305)
Luminance0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BA0D8 #D8733B
analogous
#3BD8C2 #3BA0D8 #3B52D8
triadic
#3BA0D8 #D83BA0 #A0D83B
tetradic
#3BA0D8 #C23BD8 #D8733B #52D83B
square
#3BA0D8 #C23BD8 #D8733B #52D83B
split-complementary
#3BA0D8 #D83B52 #D8C23B
monochromatic
#195B7F #237FB2 #3BA0D8 #6EB9E2 #A1D1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91
#3BA0D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21
#3BA0D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA0D8
7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BA0D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BA0D81.002.917.217.21
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2121.001.001.00
##0000007.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#85A0DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7091D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3ba0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 160, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.123 237.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bce4',
    500: '#3ba0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3ba0d8;
$custom-light: #85bce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3ba0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.401,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67195,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BA0D8
secondary
#D9AE96
accent
#7B3EEA
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA0D8

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

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#3BA0D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva