#3BA5C7#3BA5C7

#3BA5C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.107 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5C7
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 199)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -19.11, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 32.40, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0777 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.107 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5633, 31.9607, 58.8435)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5C7 #C75D3B

analogous

#3BC7A3 #3BA5C7 #3B5FC7

triadic

#3BA5C7 #C73BA5 #A5C73B

tetradic

#3BA5C7 #A33BC7 #C75D3B #5FC73B

square

#3BA5C7 #A33BC7 #C75D3B #5FC73B

split-complementary

#3BA5C7 #C73B5F #C7A33B

monochromatic

#1E5769 #2C7F99 #3BA5C7 #6BBBD5 #9AD1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3BA5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#3BA5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5C7

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5C7	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.107 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd8',
    500: '#3ba5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5c7;
$custom-light: #83bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67588,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5C7

secondary

#CE9F90

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5C7

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

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