#3BA4CA#3BA4CA

#3BA4CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.109 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4CA
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -17.60, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 33.17, 237.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0756 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.109 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7354, 31.7421, 60.6362)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4CA #CA613B

analogous

#3BCAA8 #3BA4CA #3B5CCA

triadic

#3BA4CA #CA3BA4 #A4CA3B

tetradic

#3BA4CA #A83BCA #CA613B #5CCA3B

square

#3BA4CA #A83BCA #CA613B #5CCA3B

split-complementary

#3BA4CA #CA3B5C #CAA83B

monochromatic

#1E586D #2B7F9D #3BA4CA #6BBAD7 #9BD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#3BA4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#3BA4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4CA

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4CA	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.109 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfda',
    500: '#3ba4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4ca;
$custom-light: #83bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67481,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4CA

secondary

#D0A291

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4CA

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

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