#3BA9CD#3BA9CD

#3BA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9CD
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -19.27, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 33.43, 234.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0794 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.11 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0065, 33.7104, 62.8292)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9CD #CD5F3B

analogous

#3BCDA8 #3BA9CD #3B60CD

triadic

#3BA9CD #CD3BA9 #A9CD3B

tetradic

#3BA9CD #A83BCD #CD5F3B #60CD3B

square

#3BA9CD #A83BCD #CD5F3B #60CD3B

split-complementary

#3BA9CD #CD3B60 #CDA83B

monochromatic

#1D5C71 #2984A2 #3BA9CD #6CBED9 #9DD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#3BA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#3BA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9CD

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9CD	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2dc',
    500: '#3ba9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9cd;
$custom-light: #84c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68803,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9CD

secondary

#D2A292

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9CD

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

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