#3BA8C8#3BA8C8

#3BA8C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.107 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8C8
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -20.36, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 32.47, 231.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0803 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.107 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2273, 33.1022, 59.6395)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8C8 #C85B3B

analogous

#3BC8A1 #3BA8C8 #3B61C8

triadic

#3BA8C8 #C83BA8 #A8C83B

tetradic

#3BA8C8 #A13BC8 #C85B3B #61C83B

square

#3BA8C8 #A13BC8 #C85B3B #61C83B

split-complementary

#3BA8C8 #C83B61 #C8A13B

monochromatic

#1E596B #2B819A #3BA8C8 #6BBDD5 #9BD2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#3BA8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#3BA8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8C8

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8C8	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.107 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2d8',
    500: '#3ba8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8c8;
$custom-light: #83c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.617,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68348,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8C8

secondary

#CF9E90

accent

#6B48DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8C8

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

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