#3BAED0#3BAED0

#3BAED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAED0
RGB	rgb(59, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -20.92, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 33.77, 231.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0832 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.111 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3201, 35.7527, 65.0707)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAED0 #D05D3B

analogous

#3BD0A7 #3BAED0 #3B64D0

triadic

#3BAED0 #D03BAE #AED03B

tetradic

#3BAED0 #A73BD0 #D05D3B #64D03B

square

#3BAED0 #A73BD0 #D05D3B #64D03B

split-complementary

#3BAED0 #D03B64 #D0A73B

monochromatic

#1C6075 #2889A6 #3BAED0 #6CC2DC #9ED7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#3BAED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#3BAED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAED0

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAED0	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6de',
    500: '#3baed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baed0;
$custom-light: #85c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70122,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAED0

secondary

#D4A293

accent

#6843E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAED0

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

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