#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
RGB	rgb(59, 160, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -10.77, -36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 38.37, 253.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0668 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.123 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7642, 31.0262, 69.5305)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##3BA0D8	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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