#3BA8CD#3BA8CD

#3BA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8CD
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -18.75, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 33.51, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0784 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.11 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8212, 33.3398, 62.7674)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8CD #CD603B

analogous

#3BCDA9 #3BA8CD #3B5FCD

triadic

#3BA8CD #CD3BA8 #A8CD3B

tetradic

#3BA8CD #A93BCD #CD603B #5FCD3B

square

#3BA8CD #A93BCD #CD603B #5FCD3B

split-complementary

#3BA8CD #CD3B5F #CDA93B

monochromatic

#1D5C71 #2983A2 #3BA8CD #6CBED9 #9DD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3BA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#3BA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8CD

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8CD	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2dc',
    500: '#3ba8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8cd;
$custom-light: #84c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68565,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8CD

secondary

#D2A292

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8CD

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

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