#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
RGBrgb(59, 170, 204)
HSLhsl(194, 59%, 52%)
HSVhsv(194, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(64.99, -20.12, -26.36)
CIE-LCHlch(64.99, 33.16, 232.65°)
OKLaboklab(69% -0.0808 -0.0737)
OKLCHoklch(69% 0.109 222.4)
XYZxyz(27.0730, 34.0358, 62.2578)
Luminance0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##3BAACC1.002.697.817.81
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8121.001.001.00
##0000007.8121.001.001.00

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.

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#3BAACC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva