#3BADCB#3BADCB

#3BADCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.108 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADCB
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -22.00, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 32.92, 228.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0841 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.108 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5222, 35.1256, 61.8177)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADCB #CB593B

analogous

#3BCBA1 #3BADCB #3B65CB

triadic

#3BADCB #CB3BAD #ADCB3B

tetradic

#3BADCB #A13BCB #CB593B #65CB3B

square

#3BADCB #A13BCB #CB593B #65CB3B

split-complementary

#3BADCB #CB3B65 #CBA13B

monochromatic

#1D5D6E #2A869F #3BADCB #6BC1D8 #9CD5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#3BADCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#3BADCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADCB

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADCB	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.108 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5db',
    500: '#3badcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badcb;
$custom-light: #84c5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADCB

secondary

#D19E91

accent

#6747E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADCB

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

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