#3BA8D0#3BA8D0

#3BA8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.113 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8D0
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -17.77, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 34.23, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0773 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.113 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1868, 33.4860, 64.6929)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8D0 #D0633B

analogous

#3BD0AD #3BA8D0 #3B5ED0

triadic

#3BA8D0 #D03BA8 #A8D03B

tetradic

#3BA8D0 #AD3BD0 #D0633B #5ED03B

square

#3BA8D0 #AD3BD0 #D0633B #5ED03B

split-complementary

#3BA8D0 #D03B5E #D0AD3B

monochromatic

#1C5D75 #2884A6 #3BA8D0 #6CBEDC #9ED4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3BA8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#3BA8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8D0

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8D0	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.113 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2de',
    500: '#3ba8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8d0;
$custom-light: #84c2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68698,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8D0

secondary

#D4A493

accent

#6F43E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8D0

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

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