#3BA5D5#3BA5D5

#3BA5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5D5
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -14.51, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 36.12, 246.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0726 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.118 232)
XYZ	xyz(27.2642, 32.6410, 67.8013)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5D5 #D56B3B

analogous

#3BD5B8 #3BA5D5 #3B58D5

triadic

#3BA5D5 #D53BA5 #A5D53B

tetradic

#3BA5D5 #B83BD5 #D56B3B #58D53B

square

#3BA5D5 #B83BD5 #D56B3B #58D53B

split-complementary

#3BA5D5 #D53B58 #D5B83B

monochromatic

#1A5D7B #2583AE #3BA5D5 #6DBCE0 #A0D3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3BA5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#3BA5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5D5

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5D5	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfe2',
    500: '#3ba5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5d5;
$custom-light: #85bfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68219,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.32644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5D5

secondary

#D7A995

accent

#7440E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5D5

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

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