#3BA6D1#3BA6D1

#3BA6D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.114 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6D1
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 209)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -16.38, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 34.76, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.075 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.114 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9438, 32.8026, 65.2208)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6D1 #D1663B

analogous

#3BD1B1 #3BA6D1 #3B5BD1

triadic

#3BA6D1 #D13BA6 #A6D13B

tetradic

#3BA6D1 #B13BD1 #D1663B #5BD13B

square

#3BA6D1 #B13BD1 #D1663B #5BD13B

split-complementary

#3BA6D1 #D13B5B #D1B13B

monochromatic

#1C5C76 #2783A7 #3BA6D1 #6DBDDD #9ED3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#3BA6D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#3BA6D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6D1

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6D1	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B95D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.114 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0df',
    500: '#3ba6d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6d1;
$custom-light: #84c0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6827,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6D1

secondary

#D4A693

accent

#7143E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6D1

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

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