#3BACD2#3BACD2

#3BACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BACD2
RGB	rgb(59, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -19.23, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 34.31, 235.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0805 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.113 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1842, 35.0847, 66.2469)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BACD2 #D2613B

analogous

#3BD2AC #3BACD2 #3B61D2

triadic

#3BACD2 #D23BAC #ACD23B

tetradic

#3BACD2 #AC3BD2 #D2613B #61D23B

square

#3BACD2 #AC3BD2 #D2613B #61D23B

split-complementary

#3BACD2 #D23B61 #D2AC3B

monochromatic

#1B6077 #2788A9 #3BACD2 #6DC1DD #9FD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#3BACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#3BACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BACD2

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BACD2	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)

#97A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bacd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e0',
    500: '#3bacd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bacd2;
$custom-light: #85c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bacd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69734,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BACD2

secondary

#D5A494

accent

#6B42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BACD2

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

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