#3BAACC#3BAACC

#3BAACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAACC
RGB	rgb(59, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -20.12, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 33.16, 232.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0808 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.109 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0730, 34.0358, 62.2578)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAACC #CC5D3B

analogous

#3BCCA6 #3BAACC #3B62CC

triadic

#3BAACC #CC3BAA #AACC3B

tetradic

#3BAACC #A63BCC #CC5D3B #62CC3B

square

#3BAACC #A63BCC #CC5D3B #62CC3B

split-complementary

#3BAACC #CC3B62 #CCA63B

monochromatic

#1D5C70 #2A84A0 #3BAACC #6CBFD9 #9CD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3BAACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#3BAACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAACC

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAACC	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3db',
    500: '#3baacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baacc;
$custom-light: #84c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68998,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAACC

secondary

#D1A092

accent

#6A46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAACC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →