#3BA5C8#3BA5C8

#3BA5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.107 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BA5C8
RGBrgb(59, 165, 200)
HSLhsl(195, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(195, 71%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(63.35, -18.78, -26.66)
CIE-LCHlch(63.35, 32.62, 234.84°)
OKLaboklab(67.63% -0.0773 -0.0746)
OKLCHoklch(67.63% 0.107 224)
XYZxyz(25.6798, 32.0073, 59.4570)
Luminance0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BA5C8 #C85E3B
analogous
#3BC8A5 #3BA5C8 #3B5EC8
triadic
#3BA5C8 #C83BA5 #A5C83B
tetradic
#3BA5C8 #A53BC8 #C85E3B #5EC83B
square
#3BA5C8 #A53BC8 #C85E3B #5EC83B
split-complementary
#3BA5C8 #C83B5E #C8A53B
monochromatic
#1E586B #2B7F9A #3BA5C8 #6BBBD5 #9BD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84
#3BA5C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40
#3BA5C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5C8
7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BA5C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BA5C81.002.847.407.40
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4021.001.001.00
##0000007.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A1CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E93C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3ba5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.107 224.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd8',
    500: '#3ba5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3ba5c8;
$custom-light: #83bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3ba5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67631,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.3201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BA5C8
secondary
#CFA090
accent
#6E48DF
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#3BA5C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva