#3BA5CD#3BA5CD

#3BA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.111 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5CD
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -17.16, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 33.82, 239.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0754 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.111 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2737, 32.2448, 62.5849)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5CD #CD633B

analogous

#3BCDAC #3BA5CD #3B5CCD

triadic

#3BA5CD #CD3BA5 #A5CD3B

tetradic

#3BA5CD #AC3BCD #CD633B #5CCD3B

square

#3BA5CD #AC3BCD #CD633B #5CCD3B

split-complementary

#3BA5CD #CD3B5C #CDAC3B

monochromatic

#1D5A71 #2981A2 #3BA5CD #6CBBD9 #9DD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3BA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#3BA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5CD

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5CD	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.111 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfdc',
    500: '#3ba5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5cd;
$custom-light: #83bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67853,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5CD

secondary

#D2A392

accent

#7045E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5CD

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

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