#3BA5D0#3BA5D0

#3BA5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.114 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5D0
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -16.17, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 34.63, 242.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0744 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.114 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6393, 32.3911, 64.5104)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5D0 #D0663B

analogous

#3BD0B0 #3BA5D0 #3B5BD0

triadic

#3BA5D0 #D03BA5 #A5D03B

tetradic

#3BA5D0 #B03BD0 #D0663B #5BD03B

square

#3BA5D0 #B03BD0 #D0663B #5BD03B

split-complementary

#3BA5D0 #D03B5B #D0B03B

monochromatic

#1C5B75 #2882A6 #3BA5D0 #6CBCDC #9ED2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3BA5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#3BA5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5D0

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5D0	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A94CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.114 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfde',
    500: '#3ba5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5d0;
$custom-light: #84bfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67988,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5D0

secondary

#D4A693

accent

#7243E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5D0

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

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