#3BACDA#3BACDA

#3BACDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BACDA
RGB	rgb(59, 172, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -16.61, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 36.35, 242.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0776 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.119 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2059, 35.4934, 71.6277)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BACDA #DA693B

analogous

#3BDAB8 #3BACDA #3B5DDA

triadic

#3BACDA #DA3BAC #ACDA3B

tetradic

#3BACDA #B83BDA #DA693B #5DDA3B

square

#3BACDA #B83BDA #DA693B #5DDA3B

split-complementary

#3BACDA #DA3B5D #DAB83B

monochromatic

#196482 #228BB6 #3BACDA #6EC2E4 #A2D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#3BACDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#3BACDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BACDA

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BACDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BACDA	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bacda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 172, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 229.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bacda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.358,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70092,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BACDA

secondary

#DAAA97

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BACDA

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

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