#3BA5C4#3BA5C4

#3BA5C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.105 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5C4
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 196)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -20.07, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 31.80, 230.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0788 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.105 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2185, 31.8227, 57.0272)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5C4 #C45A3B

analogous

#3BC49F #3BA5C4 #3B60C4

triadic

#3BA5C4 #C43BA5 #A5C43B

tetradic

#3BA5C4 #9F3BC4 #C45A3B #60C43B

square

#3BA5C4 #9F3BC4 #C45A3B #60C43B

split-complementary

#3BA5C4 #C43B60 #C49F3B

monochromatic

#1F5666 #2D7D95 #3BA5C4 #6ABBD2 #99D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3BA5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#3BA5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5C4

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5C4	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)

#93A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.105 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfd6',
    500: '#3ba5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5c4;
$custom-light: #82bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67458,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5C4

secondary

#CC9D8F

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5C4

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

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