#3BABC8#3BABC8

#3BABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.107 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BABC8
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -21.92, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 32.44, 227.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0833 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.107 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7875, 34.2227, 59.8262)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BABC8 #C8583B

analogous

#3BC89E #3BABC8 #3B65C8

triadic

#3BABC8 #C83BAB #ABC83B

tetradic

#3BABC8 #9E3BC8 #C8583B #65C83B

square

#3BABC8 #9E3BC8 #C8583B #65C83B

split-complementary

#3BABC8 #C83B65 #C89E3B

monochromatic

#1E5B6B #2B849A #3BABC8 #6BBFD5 #9BD4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#3BABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#3BABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BABC8

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BABC8	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3babc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.107 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4d8',
    500: '#3babc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3babc8;
$custom-light: #83c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3babc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.34,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69067,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BABC8

secondary

#CF9D90

accent

#6748DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BABC8

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

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