#3BA1CB#3BA1CB

#3BA1CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.111 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA1CB
RGB	rgb(59, 161, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -15.67, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 33.84, 242.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0722 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.111 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3237, 30.7285, 61.0849)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA1CB #CB653B

analogous

#3BCBAD #3BA1CB #3B59CB

triadic

#3BA1CB #CB3BA1 #A1CB3B

tetradic

#3BA1CB #AD3BCB #CB653B #59CB3B

square

#3BA1CB #AD3BCB #CB653B #59CB3B

split-complementary

#3BA1CB #CB3B59 #CBAD3B

monochromatic

#1D576E #2A7D9F #3BA1CB #6BB8D8 #9CCFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#3BA1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#3BA1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA1CB

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA1CB	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 161, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.111 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcdb',
    500: '#3ba1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba1cb;
$custom-light: #83bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66814,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA1CB

secondary

#D1A491

accent

#7447E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA1CB

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

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