#3BA8CF#3BA8CF

#3BA8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.112 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8CF
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -18.10, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 33.98, 237.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0777 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.112 226)
XYZ	xyz(27.0642, 33.4370, 64.0470)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8CF #CF623B

analogous

#3BCFAC #3BA8CF #3B5ECF

triadic

#3BA8CF #CF3BA8 #A8CF3B

tetradic

#3BA8CF #AC3BCF #CF623B #5ECF3B

square

#3BA8CF #AC3BCF #CF623B #5ECF3B

split-complementary

#3BA8CF #CF3B5E #CFAC3B

monochromatic

#1C5C73 #2884A5 #3BA8CF #6CBEDB #9DD4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3BA8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#3BA8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8CF

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8CF	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.112 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2dd',
    500: '#3ba8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8cf;
$custom-light: #84c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68654,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.3344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8CF

secondary

#D3A493

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8CF

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

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