#3BABD2#3BABD2

#3BABD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BABD2
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -18.70, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 34.40, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0795 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.113 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9946, 34.7055, 66.1837)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BABD2 #D2623B

analogous

#3BD2AE #3BABD2 #3B5FD2

triadic

#3BABD2 #D23BAB #ABD23B

tetradic

#3BABD2 #AE3BD2 #D2623B #5FD23B

square

#3BABD2 #AE3BD2 #D2623B #5FD23B

split-complementary

#3BABD2 #D23B5F #D2AE3B

monochromatic

#1B6077 #2787A9 #3BABD2 #6DC0DD #9FD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#3BABD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#3BABD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BABD2

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BABD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BABD2	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3babd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e0',
    500: '#3babd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3babd2;
$custom-light: #85c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3babd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69497,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BABD2

secondary

#D5A594

accent

#6C42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BABD2

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

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