#3BADD0#3BADD0

#3BADD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADD0
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -20.40, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 33.81, 232.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0822 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.112 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1277, 35.3678, 65.0065)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADD0 #D05E3B

analogous

#3BD0A9 #3BADD0 #3B63D0

triadic

#3BADD0 #D03BAD #ADD03B

tetradic

#3BADD0 #A93BD0 #D05E3B #63D03B

square

#3BADD0 #A93BD0 #D05E3B #63D03B

split-complementary

#3BADD0 #D03B63 #D0A93B

monochromatic

#1C6075 #2888A6 #3BADD0 #6CC2DC #9ED6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#3BADD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#3BADD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADD0

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADD0	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5de',
    500: '#3badd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badd0;
$custom-light: #84c5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADD0

secondary

#D4A293

accent

#6943E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADD0

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

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