#3BA4C8#3BA4C8

#3BA4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4C8
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -18.25, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 32.69, 236.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0763 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.108 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5002, 31.6480, 59.3971)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4C8 #C85F3B

analogous

#3BC8A5 #3BA4C8 #3B5DC8

triadic

#3BA4C8 #C83BA4 #A4C83B

tetradic

#3BA4C8 #A53BC8 #C85F3B #5DC83B

square

#3BA4C8 #A53BC8 #C85F3B #5DC83B

split-complementary

#3BA4C8 #C83B5D #C8A53B

monochromatic

#1E576B #2B7E9A #3BA4C8 #6BBAD5 #9BD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#3BA4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#3BA4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4C8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4C8	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd8',
    500: '#3ba4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4c8;
$custom-light: #83bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67393,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4C8

secondary

#CFA090

accent

#6F48DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4C8

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

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