#3BACC5#3BACC5

#3BACC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BACC5
RGB	rgb(59, 172, 197)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -23.38, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 32.08, 223.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0855 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.105 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6300, 34.4630, 58.0611)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BACC5 #C5543B

analogous

#3BC599 #3BACC5 #3B67C5

triadic

#3BACC5 #C53BAC #ACC53B

tetradic

#3BACC5 #993BC5 #C5543B #67C53B

square

#3BACC5 #993BC5 #C5543B #67C53B

split-complementary

#3BACC5 #C53B67 #C5993B

monochromatic

#1F5A67 #2C8396 #3BACC5 #6AC0D3 #99D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#3BACC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#3BACC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BACC5

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BACC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BACC5	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)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8798C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bacc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 172, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5d6',
    500: '#3bacc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bacc5;
$custom-light: #83c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bacc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.87,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69183,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BACC5

secondary

#CD9A8F

accent

#654ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BACC5

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

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