#3BA5CC#3BA5CC

#3BA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.110 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5CC
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -17.48, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 33.56, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0758 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.11 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1534, 32.1967, 61.9513)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5CC #CC623B

analogous

#3BCCAB #3BA5CC #3B5DCC

triadic

#3BA5CC #CC3BA5 #A5CC3B

tetradic

#3BA5CC #AB3BCC #CC623B #5DCC3B

square

#3BA5CC #AB3BCC #CC623B #5DCC3B

split-complementary

#3BA5CC #CC3B5D #CCAB3B

monochromatic

#1D5970 #2A80A0 #3BA5CC #6CBBD9 #9CD2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3BA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#3BA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5CC

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5CC	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.110 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfdb',
    500: '#3ba5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5cc;
$custom-light: #83bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67808,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5CC

secondary

#D1A392

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5CC

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

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