#3BA6DC#3BA6DC

#3BA6DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6DC
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -12.71, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 38.22, 250.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0711 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.124 235)
XYZ	xyz(28.3530, 33.3663, 72.6423)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6DC #DC713B

analogous

#3BDCC1 #3BA6DC #3B56DC

triadic

#3BA6DC #DC3BA6 #A6DC3B

tetradic

#3BA6DC #C13BDC #DC713B #56DC3B

square

#3BA6DC #C13BDC #DC713B #56DC3B

split-complementary

#3BA6DC #DC3B56 #DCC13B

monochromatic

#186085 #2186B9 #3BA6DC #6FBEE5 #A3D5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3BA6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#3BA6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6DC

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6DC	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0e7',
    500: '#3ba6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6dc;
$custom-light: #86c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.124,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68784,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.3337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6DC

secondary

#DBAE97

accent

#773BED

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6DC

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

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