#3BA5CA#3BA5CA

#3BA5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.109 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5CA
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -18.13, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 33.07, 236.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0766 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.109 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9151, 32.1014, 60.6961)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5CA #CA603B

analogous

#3BCAA7 #3BA5CA #3B5DCA

triadic

#3BA5CA #CA3BA5 #A5CA3B

tetradic

#3BA5CA #A73BCA #CA603B #5DCA3B

square

#3BA5CA #A73BCA #CA603B #5DCA3B

split-complementary

#3BA5CA #CA3B5D #CAA73B

monochromatic

#1E596D #2B809D #3BA5CA #6BBBD7 #9BD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#3BA5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#3BA5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5CA

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5CA	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.109 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfda',
    500: '#3ba5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5ca;
$custom-light: #83bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67719,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5CA

secondary

#D0A191

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5CA

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

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