#3BAAD2#3BAAD2

#3BAAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAAD2
RGB	rgb(59, 170, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 19%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -18.17, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 34.50, 238.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0785 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.114 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8065, 34.3292, 66.1210)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAAD2 #D2633B

analogous

#3BD2AE #3BAAD2 #3B5ED2

triadic

#3BAAD2 #D23BAA #AAD23B

tetradic

#3BAAD2 #AE3BD2 #D2633B #5ED23B

square

#3BAAD2 #AE3BD2 #D2633B #5ED23B

split-complementary

#3BAAD2 #D23B5E #D2AE3B

monochromatic

#1B5F77 #2787A9 #3BAAD2 #6DC0DD #9FD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#3BAAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#3BAAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAAD2

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAAD2	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 170, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3e0',
    500: '#3baad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baad2;
$custom-light: #85c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69261,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAAD2

secondary

#D5A594

accent

#6D42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAAD2

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

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