#3BAACD#3BAACD

#3BAACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAACD
RGB	rgb(59, 170, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -19.80, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 33.36, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0804 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.11 223)
XYZ	xyz(27.1933, 34.0839, 62.8915)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAACD #CD5E3B

analogous

#3BCDA7 #3BAACD #3B61CD

triadic

#3BAACD #CD3BAA #AACD3B

tetradic

#3BAACD #A73BCD #CD5E3B #61CD3B

square

#3BAACD #A73BCD #CD5E3B #61CD3B

split-complementary

#3BAACD #CD3B61 #CDA73B

monochromatic

#1D5D71 #2985A2 #3BAACD #6CBFD9 #9DD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3BAACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#3BAACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAACD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAACD	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 170, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3dc',
    500: '#3baacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baacd;
$custom-light: #84c3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69041,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.34087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAACD

secondary

#D2A192

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAACD

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

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