#3BA1CD#3BA1CD

#3BA1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.113 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA1CD
RGB	rgb(59, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -15.01, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 34.42, 244.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0715 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.113 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5635, 30.8244, 62.3482)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA1CD #CD673B

analogous

#3BCDB0 #3BA1CD #3B58CD

triadic

#3BA1CD #CD3BA1 #A1CD3B

tetradic

#3BA1CD #B03BCD #CD673B #58CD3B

square

#3BA1CD #B03BCD #CD673B #58CD3B

split-complementary

#3BA1CD #CD3B58 #CDB03B

monochromatic

#1D5771 #297DA2 #3BA1CD #6CB8D9 #9DD0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3BA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#3BA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA1CD

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA1CD	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.113 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcdc',
    500: '#3ba1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba1cd;
$custom-light: #83bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA1CD

secondary

#D2A592

accent

#7545E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA1CD

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

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