#3BA9D0#3BA9D0

#3BA9D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.112 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9D0
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -18.30, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 34.12, 237.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0783 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.112 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3721, 33.8567, 64.7547)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9D0 #D0623B

analogous

#3BD0AD #3BA9D0 #3B5ED0

triadic

#3BA9D0 #D03BA9 #A9D03B

tetradic

#3BA9D0 #AD3BD0 #D0623B #5ED03B

square

#3BA9D0 #AD3BD0 #D0623B #5ED03B

split-complementary

#3BA9D0 #D03B5E #D0AD3B

monochromatic

#1C5D75 #2885A6 #3BA9D0 #6CBFDC #9ED4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#3BA9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#3BA9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9D0

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9D0	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.112 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2de',
    500: '#3ba9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9d0;
$custom-light: #84c2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68935,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9D0

secondary

#D4A493

accent

#6E43E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9D0

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

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