#3BA8D2#3BA8D2

#3BA8D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.114 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8D2
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 20%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -17.11, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 34.75, 240.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0766 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.114 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4344, 33.5850, 65.9970)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8D2 #D2653B

analogous

#3BD2B1 #3BA8D2 #3B5CD2

triadic

#3BA8D2 #D23BA8 #A8D23B

tetradic

#3BA8D2 #B13BD2 #D2653B #5CD23B

square

#3BA8D2 #B13BD2 #D2653B #5CD23B

split-complementary

#3BA8D2 #D23B5C #D2B13B

monochromatic

#1B5E77 #2785A9 #3BA8D2 #6DBEDD #9FD4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3BA8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#3BA8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8D2

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8D2	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.114 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2e0',
    500: '#3ba8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8d2;
$custom-light: #84c2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.689,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68788,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8D2

secondary

#D5A694

accent

#7042E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8D2

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

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