#3BA6CC#3BA6CC

#3BA6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.110 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6CC
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -18.01, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 33.45, 237.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0768 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.11 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3345, 32.5589, 62.0116)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6CC #CC613B

analogous

#3BCCAA #3BA6CC #3B5ECC

triadic

#3BA6CC #CC3BA6 #A6CC3B

tetradic

#3BA6CC #AA3BCC #CC613B #5ECC3B

square

#3BA6CC #AA3BCC #CC613B #5ECC3B

split-complementary

#3BA6CC #CC3B5E #CCAA3B

monochromatic

#1D5A70 #2A81A0 #3BA6CC #6CBCD9 #9CD2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#3BA6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#3BA6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6CC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6CC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.110 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0db',
    500: '#3ba6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6cc;
$custom-light: #83c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68046,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6CC

secondary

#D1A292

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6CC

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

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