#3BA3D6#3BA3D6

#3BA3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA3D6
RGB	rgb(59, 163, 214)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 23.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -13.09, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 36.89, 249.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0703 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.12 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0336, 31.9761, 68.3525)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA3D6 #D66E3B

analogous

#3BD6BB #3BA3D6 #3B55D6

triadic

#3BA3D6 #D63BA3 #A3D63B

tetradic

#3BA3D6 #BB3BD6 #D66E3B #55D63B

square

#3BA3D6 #BB3BD6 #D66E3B #55D63B

split-complementary

#3BA3D6 #D63B55 #D6BB3B

monochromatic

#1A5C7D #2582AF #3BA3D6 #6EBBE1 #A0D3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3BA3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#3BA3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA3D6

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA3D6	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7593D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 163, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bee3',
    500: '#3ba3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba3d6;
$custom-light: #85bee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.742,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67798,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA3D6

secondary

#D8AB95

accent

#773FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA3D6

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

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