#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
RGBrgb(59, 173, 211)
HSLhsl(195, 63%, 53%)
HSVhsv(195, 72%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.15, -19.43, -28.45)
CIE-LCHlch(66.15, 34.45, 235.67°)
OKLaboklab(70.02% -0.0811 -0.0796)
OKLCHoklch(70.02% 0.114 224.5)
XYZxyz(28.5003, 35.5168, 66.9688)
Luminance0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##3BADD31.002.598.108.10
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1021.001.001.00
##0000008.1021.001.001.00

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

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#3BADD3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva