#3BA4CC#3BA4CC

#3BA4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4CC
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -16.95, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 33.68, 239.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0748 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.111 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9738, 31.8374, 61.8914)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4CC #CC633B

analogous

#3BCCAC #3BA4CC #3B5CCC

triadic

#3BA4CC #CC3BA4 #A4CC3B

tetradic

#3BA4CC #AC3BCC #CC633B #5CCC3B

square

#3BA4CC #AC3BCC #CC633B #5CCC3B

split-complementary

#3BA4CC #CC3B5C #CCAC3B

monochromatic

#1D5970 #2A7FA0 #3BA4CC #6CBBD9 #9CD1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3BA4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#3BA4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4CC

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4CC	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfdb',
    500: '#3ba4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4cc;
$custom-light: #83bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67571,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4CC

secondary

#D1A392

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4CC

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

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