#3BA6C8#3BA6C8

#3BA6C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.107 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6C8
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 17%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -19.31, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 32.55, 233.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0783 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.107 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8609, 32.3694, 59.5174)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6C8 #C85D3B

analogous

#3BC8A3 #3BA6C8 #3B5FC8

triadic

#3BA6C8 #C83BA6 #A6C83B

tetradic

#3BA6C8 #A33BC8 #C85D3B #5FC83B

square

#3BA6C8 #A33BC8 #C85D3B #5FC83B

split-complementary

#3BA6C8 #C83B5F #C8A33B

monochromatic

#1E586B #2B809A #3BA6C8 #6BBCD5 #9BD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3BA6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#3BA6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6C8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6C8	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)

#93A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.107 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0d8',
    500: '#3ba6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6c8;
$custom-light: #83c0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6787,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6C8

secondary

#CF9F90

accent

#6D48DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6C8

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

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