#3BA9D1#3BA9D1

#3BA9D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.113 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9D1
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -17.97, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 34.36, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0779 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.113 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4955, 33.9060, 65.4047)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9D1 #D1633B

analogous

#3BD1AE #3BA9D1 #3B5ED1

triadic

#3BA9D1 #D13BA9 #A9D13B

tetradic

#3BA9D1 #AE3BD1 #D1633B #5ED13B

square

#3BA9D1 #AE3BD1 #D1633B #5ED13B

split-complementary

#3BA9D1 #D13B5E #D1AE3B

monochromatic

#1C5E76 #2785A7 #3BA9D1 #6DBFDD #9ED4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#3BA9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#3BA9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9D1

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9D1	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.113 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2df',
    500: '#3ba9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9d1;
$custom-light: #84c2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68979,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9D1

secondary

#D4A593

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9D1

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

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