#3BADCC#3BADCC

#3BADCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.109 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADCC
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -21.68, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 33.08, 229.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0837 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.109 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6418, 35.1734, 62.4474)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADCC #CC5A3B

analogous

#3BCCA3 #3BADCC #3B65CC

triadic

#3BADCC #CC3BAD #ADCC3B

tetradic

#3BADCC #A33BCC #CC5A3B #65CC3B

square

#3BADCC #A33BCC #CC5A3B #65CC3B

split-complementary

#3BADCC #CC3B65 #CCA33B

monochromatic

#1D5E70 #2A87A0 #3BADCC #6CC1D9 #9CD6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3BADCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#3BADCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADCC

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADCC	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.109 219.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.828,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69714,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADCC

secondary

#D19F92

accent

#6746E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADCC

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

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