#3BA7C8#3BA7C8

#3BA7C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA7C8
RGB	rgb(59, 167, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -19.84, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 32.50, 232.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0793 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.107 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0434, 32.7344, 59.5782)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA7C8 #C85C3B

analogous

#3BC8A3 #3BA7C8 #3B60C8

triadic

#3BA7C8 #C83BA7 #A7C83B

tetradic

#3BA7C8 #A33BC8 #C85C3B #60C83B

square

#3BA7C8 #A33BC8 #C85C3B #60C83B

split-complementary

#3BA7C8 #C83B60 #C8A33B

monochromatic

#1E596B #2B809A #3BA7C8 #6BBCD5 #9BD2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#3BA7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#3BA7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA7C8

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA7C8	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 167, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1d8',
    500: '#3ba7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba7c8;
$custom-light: #83c1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68109,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA7C8

secondary

#CF9F90

accent

#6C48DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA7C8

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

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