#3BABCC#3BABCC

#3BABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.109 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BABCC
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -20.64, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 33.12, 231.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0818 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.109 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2611, 34.4121, 62.3205)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BABCC #CC5C3B

analogous

#3BCCA5 #3BABCC #3B63CC

triadic

#3BABCC #CC3BAB #ABCC3B

tetradic

#3BABCC #A53BCC #CC5C3B #63CC3B

square

#3BABCC #A53BCC #CC5C3B #63CC3B

split-complementary

#3BABCC #CC3B63 #CCA53B

monochromatic

#1D5D70 #2A85A0 #3BABCC #6CC0D9 #9CD5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#3BABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#3BABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BABCC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BABCC	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3babcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.109 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4db',
    500: '#3babcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3babcc;
$custom-light: #84c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3babcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69236,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BABCC

secondary

#D1A092

accent

#6946E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BABCC

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

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