#3BA3CA#3BA3CA

#3BA3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.109 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA3CA
RGB	rgb(59, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -17.07, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 33.29, 239.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0746 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.109 227)
XYZ	xyz(25.5572, 31.3856, 60.5767)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA3CA #CA623B

analogous

#3BCAAA #3BA3CA #3B5BCA

triadic

#3BA3CA #CA3BA3 #A3CA3B

tetradic

#3BA3CA #AA3BCA #CA623B #5BCA3B

square

#3BA3CA #AA3BCA #CA623B #5BCA3B

split-complementary

#3BA3CA #CA3B5B #CAAA3B

monochromatic

#1E576D #2B7E9D #3BA3CA #6BBAD7 #9BD0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#3BA3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#3BA3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA3CA

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA3CA	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.109 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83beda',
    500: '#3ba3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba3ca;
$custom-light: #83beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.31388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA3CA

secondary

#D0A291

accent

#7147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA3CA

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

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