#3BABDA#3BABDA

#3BABDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.120 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BABDA
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -16.08, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 36.52, 243.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0766 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.12 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0163, 35.1142, 71.5645)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BABDA #DA6A3B

analogous

#3BDABA #3BABDA #3B5CDA

triadic

#3BABDA #DA3BAB #ABDA3B

tetradic

#3BABDA #BA3BDA #DA6A3B #5CDA3B

square

#3BABDA #BA3BDA #DA6A3B #5CDA3B

split-complementary

#3BABDA #DA3B5C #DABA3B

monochromatic

#196382 #228AB6 #3BABDA #6EC1E4 #A2D7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#3BABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#3BABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BABDA

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BABDA	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3babda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.120 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4e5',
    500: '#3babda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3babda;
$custom-light: #86c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3babda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.736,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69857,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BABDA

secondary

#DAAB97

accent

#703DEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BABDA

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

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