#3BA8CC#3BA8CC

#3BA8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.110 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8CC
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -19.07, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 33.28, 235.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0788 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.11 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7009, 33.2916, 62.1337)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8CC #CC5F3B

analogous

#3BCCA8 #3BA8CC #3B60CC

triadic

#3BA8CC #CC3BA8 #A8CC3B

tetradic

#3BA8CC #A83BCC #CC5F3B #60CC3B

square

#3BA8CC #A83BCC #CC5F3B #60CC3B

split-complementary

#3BA8CC #CC3B60 #CCA83B

monochromatic

#1D5B70 #2A83A0 #3BA8CC #6CBED9 #9CD3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3BA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#3BA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8CC

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8CC	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.110 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2db',
    500: '#3ba8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8cc;
$custom-light: #84c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68521,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8CC

secondary

#D1A192

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8CC

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

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