#3BA8D3#3BA8D3

#3BA8D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8D3
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 20.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -16.79, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 35.02, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0762 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.115 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5594, 33.6350, 66.6551)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8D3 #D3663B

analogous

#3BD3B2 #3BA8D3 #3B5CD3

triadic

#3BA8D3 #D33BA8 #A8D33B

tetradic

#3BA8D3 #B23BD3 #D3663B #5CD33B

square

#3BA8D3 #B23BD3 #D3663B #5CD33B

split-complementary

#3BA8D3 #D33B5C #D3B23B

monochromatic

#1B5E79 #2685AB #3BA8D3 #6DBEDE #9FD4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3BA8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#3BA8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8D3

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8D3	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2e0',
    500: '#3ba8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8d3;
$custom-light: #85c2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.974,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68833,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8D3

secondary

#D6A794

accent

#7041E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8D3

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

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