#3BADC9#3BADC9

#3BADC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.107 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADC9
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -22.63, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 32.62, 226.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0849 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.107 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2854, 35.0309, 60.5706)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADC9 #C9573B

analogous

#3BC99E #3BADC9 #3B66C9

triadic

#3BADC9 #C93BAD #ADC93B

tetradic

#3BADC9 #9E3BC9 #C9573B #66C93B

square

#3BADC9 #9E3BC9 #C9573B #66C93B

split-complementary

#3BADC9 #C93B66 #C99E3B

monochromatic

#1E5C6C #2B869C #3BADC9 #6BC1D6 #9BD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#3BADC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#3BADC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADC9

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADC9	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.107 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5d9',
    500: '#3badc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badc9;
$custom-light: #84c5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.831,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69588,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADC9

secondary

#CF9D90

accent

#6648E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADC9

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

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