#3BA2CD#3BA2CD

#3BA2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.112 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA2CD
RGB	rgb(59, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -15.55, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 34.25, 243.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0725 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.112 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7390, 31.1753, 62.4067)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA2CD #CD663B

analogous

#3BCDAF #3BA2CD #3B59CD

triadic

#3BA2CD #CD3BA2 #A2CD3B

tetradic

#3BA2CD #AF3BCD #CD663B #59CD3B

square

#3BA2CD #AF3BCD #CD663B #59CD3B

split-complementary

#3BA2CD #CD3B59 #CDAF3B

monochromatic

#1D5871 #297EA2 #3BA2CD #6CB9D9 #9DD0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#3BA2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#3BA2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA2CD

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA2CD	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.112 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bddc',
    500: '#3ba2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba2cd;
$custom-light: #83bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67142,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA2CD

secondary

#D2A592

accent

#7445E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA2CD

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

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