#3BABD3#3BABD3

#3BABD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BABD3
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 19%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -18.38, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 34.64, 237.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0791 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.114 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1196, 34.7555, 66.8419)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BABD3 #D3633B

analogous

#3BD3AF #3BABD3 #3B5FD3

triadic

#3BABD3 #D33BAB #ABD33B

tetradic

#3BABD3 #AF3BD3 #D3633B #5FD33B

square

#3BABD3 #AF3BD3 #D3633B #5FD33B

split-complementary

#3BABD3 #D33B5F #D3AF3B

monochromatic

#1B6079 #2688AB #3BABD3 #6DC0DE #9FD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#3BABD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#3BABD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BABD3

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BABD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BABD3	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3babd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e0',
    500: '#3babd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3babd3;
$custom-light: #85c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3babd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69542,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BABD3

secondary

#D6A594

accent

#6D41E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BABD3

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

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