#3BA5CF#3BA5CF

#3BA5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.113 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5CF
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -16.50, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 34.35, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0747 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.113 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5167, 32.3420, 63.8645)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5CF #CF653B

analogous

#3BCFAF #3BA5CF #3B5BCF

triadic

#3BA5CF #CF3BA5 #A5CF3B

tetradic

#3BA5CF #AF3BCF #CF653B #5BCF3B

square

#3BA5CF #AF3BCF #CF653B #5BCF3B

split-complementary

#3BA5CF #CF3B5B #CFAF3B

monochromatic

#1C5B73 #2881A5 #3BA5CF #6CBCDB #9DD2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3BA5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#3BA5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5CF

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5CF	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.113 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfdd',
    500: '#3ba5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5cf;
$custom-light: #84bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67943,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5CF

secondary

#D3A593

accent

#7144E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5CF

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

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