#3BA9C8#3BA9C8

#3BA9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.107 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9C8
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -20.88, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 32.44, 229.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0813 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.107 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4126, 33.4728, 59.7013)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9C8 #C85A3B

analogous

#3BC8A0 #3BA9C8 #3B63C8

triadic

#3BA9C8 #C83BA9 #A9C83B

tetradic

#3BA9C8 #A03BC8 #C85A3B #63C83B

square

#3BA9C8 #A03BC8 #C85A3B #63C83B

split-complementary

#3BA9C8 #C83B63 #C8A03B

monochromatic

#1E5A6B #2B829A #3BA9C8 #6BBED5 #9BD3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3BA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#3BA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9C8

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9C8	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)

#96A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.107 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2d8',
    500: '#3ba9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9c8;
$custom-light: #83c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.191,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9C8

secondary

#CF9E90

accent

#6A48DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9C8

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

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