#3BA9CA#3BA9CA

#3BA9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.108 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9CA
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -20.24, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 32.81, 231.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0805 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.108 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6479, 33.5670, 60.9403)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9CA #CA5C3B

analogous

#3BCAA3 #3BA9CA #3B61CA

triadic

#3BA9CA #CA3BA9 #A9CA3B

tetradic

#3BA9CA #A33BCA #CA5C3B #61CA3B

square

#3BA9CA #A33BCA #CA5C3B #61CA3B

split-complementary

#3BA9CA #CA3B61 #CAA33B

monochromatic

#1E5B6D #2B839D #3BA9CA #6BBED7 #9BD3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3BA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#3BA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9CA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9CA	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.108 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2da',
    500: '#3ba9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9ca;
$custom-light: #83c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68673,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9CA

secondary

#D09F91

accent

#6B47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9CA

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

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