#3BA2C8#3BA2C8

#3BA2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.108 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA2C8
RGB	rgb(59, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -17.19, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 32.89, 238.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0743 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.108 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1451, 30.9377, 59.2788)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA2C8 #C8613B

analogous

#3BC8A7 #3BA2C8 #3B5BC8

triadic

#3BA2C8 #C83BA2 #A2C83B

tetradic

#3BA2C8 #A73BC8 #C8613B #5BC83B

square

#3BA2C8 #A73BC8 #C8613B #5BC83B

split-complementary

#3BA2C8 #C83B5B #C8A73B

monochromatic

#1E566B #2B7D9A #3BA2C8 #6BB9D5 #9BCFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#3BA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#3BA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA2C8

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA2C8	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.108 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd8',
    500: '#3ba2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba2c8;
$custom-light: #83bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66916,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA2C8

secondary

#CFA190

accent

#7148DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA2C8

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

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