#3BADD4#3BADD4

#3BADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.114 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADD4
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -19.10, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 34.68, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0807 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.114 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6260, 35.5671, 67.6310)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADD4 #D4623B

analogous

#3BD4AE #3BADD4 #3B60D4

triadic

#3BADD4 #D43BAD #ADD43B

tetradic

#3BADD4 #AE3BD4 #D4623B #60D43B

square

#3BADD4 #AE3BD4 #D4623B #60D43B

split-complementary

#3BADD4 #D43B60 #D4AE3B

monochromatic

#1B627A #268AAC #3BADD4 #6DC2DF #9FD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#3BADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#3BADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADD4

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADD4	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.114 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5e1',
    500: '#3badd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badd4;
$custom-light: #85c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADD4

secondary

#D6A594

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADD4

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

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