#3BA3CC#3BA3CC

#3BA3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA3CC
RGB	rgb(59, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -16.41, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 33.82, 240.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0738 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.111 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7955, 31.4809, 61.8320)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA3CC #CC643B

analogous

#3BCCAD #3BA3CC #3B5BCC

triadic

#3BA3CC #CC3BA3 #A3CC3B

tetradic

#3BA3CC #AD3BCC #CC643B #5BCC3B

square

#3BA3CC #AD3BCC #CC643B #5BCC3B

split-complementary

#3BA3CC #CC3B5B #CCAD3B

monochromatic

#1D5870 #2A7FA0 #3BA3CC #6CBAD9 #9CD1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#3BA3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#3BA3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA3CC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA3CC	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bedb',
    500: '#3ba3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba3cc;
$custom-light: #83bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67333,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA3CC

secondary

#D1A492

accent

#7246E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA3CC

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

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