#3BA9CE#3BA9CE

#3BA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.111 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9CE
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -18.95, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 33.65, 235.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.079 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.111 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1276, 33.7589, 63.4670)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9CE #CE603B

analogous

#3BCEAA #3BA9CE #3B60CE

triadic

#3BA9CE #CE3BA9 #A9CE3B

tetradic

#3BA9CE #AA3BCE #CE603B #60CE3B

square

#3BA9CE #AA3BCE #CE603B #60CE3B

split-complementary

#3BA9CE #CE3B60 #CEAA3B

monochromatic

#1D5D72 #2984A3 #3BA9CE #6CBEDA #9DD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#3BA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#3BA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9CE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9CE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.111 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2dd',
    500: '#3ba9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9ce;
$custom-light: #84c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68847,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9CE

secondary

#D3A292

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9CE

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

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