#3BA1C8#3BA1C8

#3BA1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA1C8
RGB	rgb(59, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -16.66, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 33.01, 239.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0733 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.108 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9696, 30.5868, 59.2203)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA1C8 #C8623B

analogous

#3BC8A8 #3BA1C8 #3B5AC8

triadic

#3BA1C8 #C83BA1 #A1C83B

tetradic

#3BA1C8 #A83BC8 #C8623B #5AC83B

square

#3BA1C8 #A83BC8 #C8623B #5AC83B

split-complementary

#3BA1C8 #C83B5A #C8A83B

monochromatic

#1E556B #2B7C9A #3BA1C8 #6BB8D5 #9BCFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#3BA1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#3BA1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA1C8

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA1C8	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcd8',
    500: '#3ba1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba1c8;
$custom-light: #83bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66678,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA1C8

secondary

#CFA190

accent

#7248DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA1C8

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

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