#3BADCD#3BADCD

#3BADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADCD
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -21.36, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 33.25, 230.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0834 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.11 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7621, 35.2215, 63.0811)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADCD #CD5B3B

analogous

#3BCDA4 #3BADCD #3B64CD

triadic

#3BADCD #CD3BAD #ADCD3B

tetradic

#3BADCD #A43BCD #CD5B3B #64CD3B

square

#3BADCD #A43BCD #CD5B3B #64CD3B

split-complementary

#3BADCD #CD3B64 #CDA43B

monochromatic

#1D5E71 #2987A2 #3BADCD #6CC1D9 #9DD6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3BADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#3BADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADCD

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADCD	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5dc',
    500: '#3badcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badcd;
$custom-light: #84c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.151,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADCD

secondary

#D2A092

accent

#6845E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADCD

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

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