#3BA8CB#3BA8CB

#3BA8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.109 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8CB
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -19.39, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 33.06, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0792 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.109 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5813, 33.2438, 61.5041)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8CB #CB5E3B

analogous

#3BCBA6 #3BA8CB #3B60CB

triadic

#3BA8CB #CB3BA8 #A8CB3B

tetradic

#3BA8CB #A63BCB #CB5E3B #60CB3B

square

#3BA8CB #A63BCB #CB5E3B #60CB3B

split-complementary

#3BA8CB #CB3B60 #CBA63B

monochromatic

#1D5B6E #2A829F #3BA8CB #6BBDD8 #9CD3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#3BA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#3BA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8CB

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8CB	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.109 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2db',
    500: '#3ba8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8cb;
$custom-light: #83c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8CB

secondary

#D1A191

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8CB

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

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