#3BABCD#3BABCD

#3BABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BABCD
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -20.32, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 33.31, 232.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0814 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.11 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3814, 34.4603, 62.9542)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BABCD #CD5D3B

analogous

#3BCDA6 #3BABCD #3B62CD

triadic

#3BABCD #CD3BAB #ABCD3B

tetradic

#3BABCD #A63BCD #CD5D3B #62CD3B

square

#3BABCD #A63BCD #CD5D3B #62CD3B

split-complementary

#3BABCD #CD3B62 #CDA63B

monochromatic

#1D5D71 #2986A2 #3BABCD #6CC0D9 #9DD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#3BABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#3BABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BABCD

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BABCD	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3babcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4dc',
    500: '#3babcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3babcd;
$custom-light: #84c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3babcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69279,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BABCD

secondary

#D2A192

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BABCD

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

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