#3BADD3#3BADD3

#3BADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADD3
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -19.43, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 34.45, 235.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0811 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.114 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5003, 35.5168, 66.9688)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADD3 #D3613B

analogous

#3BD3AD #3BADD3 #3B61D3

triadic

#3BADD3 #D33BAD #ADD33B

tetradic

#3BADD3 #AD3BD3 #D3613B #61D33B

square

#3BADD3 #AD3BD3 #D3613B #61D33B

split-complementary

#3BADD3 #D33B61 #D3AD3B

monochromatic

#1B6179 #2689AB #3BADD3 #6DC2DE #9FD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#3BADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#3BADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADD3

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADD3	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5e0',
    500: '#3badd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badd3;
$custom-light: #85c5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70015,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADD3

secondary

#D6A494

accent

#6B41E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADD3

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

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