#3BA5D6#3BA5D6

#3BA5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5D6
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -14.18, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 36.44, 247.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0722 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.119 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3915, 32.6920, 68.4718)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5D6 #D66C3B

analogous

#3BD6BA #3BA5D6 #3B57D6

triadic

#3BA5D6 #D63BA5 #A5D63B

tetradic

#3BA5D6 #BA3BD6 #D66C3B #57D63B

square

#3BA5D6 #BA3BD6 #D66C3B #57D63B

split-complementary

#3BA5D6 #D63B57 #D6BA3B

monochromatic

#1A5D7D #2583AF #3BA5D6 #6EBCE1 #A0D3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3BA5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#3BA5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5D6

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5D6	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfe2',
    500: '#3ba5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5d6;
$custom-light: #85bfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.968,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68266,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5D6

secondary

#D8AA95

accent

#753FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5D6

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

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