#3BA9D2#3BA9D2

#3BA9D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.114 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9D2
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -17.65, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 34.62, 239.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0775 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.114 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6197, 33.9557, 66.0587)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9D2 #D2643B

analogous

#3BD2AF #3BA9D2 #3B5ED2

triadic

#3BA9D2 #D23BA9 #A9D23B

tetradic

#3BA9D2 #AF3BD2 #D2643B #5ED23B

square

#3BA9D2 #AF3BD2 #D2643B #5ED23B

split-complementary

#3BA9D2 #D23B5E #D2AF3B

monochromatic

#1B5E77 #2786A9 #3BA9D2 #6DBFDD #9FD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#3BA9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#3BA9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9D2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9D2	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.114 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2e0',
    500: '#3ba9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9d2;
$custom-light: #84c2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69024,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9D2

secondary

#D5A594

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9D2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →