#3BA8CA#3BA8CA

#3BA8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.108 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8CA
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -19.72, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 32.86, 233.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0795 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.108 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4626, 33.1963, 60.8785)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8CA #CA5D3B

analogous

#3BCAA4 #3BA8CA #3B60CA

triadic

#3BA8CA #CA3BA8 #A8CA3B

tetradic

#3BA8CA #A43BCA #CA5D3B #60CA3B

square

#3BA8CA #A43BCA #CA5D3B #60CA3B

split-complementary

#3BA8CA #CA3B60 #CAA43B

monochromatic

#1E5A6D #2B829D #3BA8CA #6BBDD7 #9BD3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#3BA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#3BA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8CA

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8CA	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.108 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2da',
    500: '#3ba8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8ca;
$custom-light: #83c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68434,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8CA

secondary

#D0A091

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8CA

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

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