#3BAEC8#3BAEC8

#3BAEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.107 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAEC8
RGB	rgb(59, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -23.46, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 32.54, 223.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0863 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.107 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3606, 35.3689, 60.0173)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAEC8 #C8553B

analogous

#3BC89B #3BAEC8 #3B67C8

triadic

#3BAEC8 #C83BAE #AEC83B

tetradic

#3BAEC8 #9B3BC8 #C8553B #67C83B

square

#3BAEC8 #9B3BC8 #C8553B #67C83B

split-complementary

#3BAEC8 #C83B67 #C89B3B

monochromatic

#1E5D6B #2B869A #3BAEC8 #6BC2D5 #9BD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#3BAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#3BAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAEC8

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAEC8	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)

#9CA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.107 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6d8',
    500: '#3baec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baec8;
$custom-light: #84c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69787,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAEC8

secondary

#CF9C90

accent

#6448DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAEC8

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

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