#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
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -18.78, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 32.62, 234.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0773 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.107 224)
XYZ	xyz(25.6798, 32.0073, 59.4570)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##3BA5C8	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)

#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

Preview with #3BA5C8

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

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