#3BA4CF#3BA4CF

#3BA4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.113 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4CF
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -15.96, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 34.50, 242.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0737 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.113 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3370, 31.9827, 63.8046)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4CF #CF663B

analogous

#3BCFB0 #3BA4CF #3B5ACF

triadic

#3BA4CF #CF3BA4 #A4CF3B

tetradic

#3BA4CF #B03BCF #CF663B #5ACF3B

square

#3BA4CF #B03BCF #CF663B #5ACF3B

split-complementary

#3BA4CF #CF3B5A #CFB03B

monochromatic

#1C5A73 #2880A5 #3BA4CF #6CBBDB #9DD2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3BA4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#3BA4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4CF

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4CF	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)

#8EA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.113 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfdd',
    500: '#3ba4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4cf;
$custom-light: #84bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67707,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4CF

secondary

#D3A593

accent

#7244E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4CF

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

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