#3BAED2#3BAED2

#3BAED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.113 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BAED2
RGBrgb(59, 174, 210)
HSLhsl(194, 63%, 53%)
HSVhsv(194, 72%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.41, -20.27, -27.50)
CIE-LCHlch(66.41, 34.17, 233.60°)
OKLaboklab(70.21% -0.0824 -0.0769)
OKLCHoklch(70.21% 0.113 223)
XYZxyz(28.5677, 35.8517, 66.3747)
Luminance0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BAED2 #D25F3B
analogous
#3BD2AB #3BAED2 #3B62D2
triadic
#3BAED2 #D23BAE #AED23B
tetradic
#3BAED2 #AB3BD2 #D25F3B #62D23B
square
#3BAED2 #AB3BD2 #D25F3B #62D23B
split-complementary
#3BAED2 #D23B62 #D2AB3B
monochromatic
#1B6177 #278AA9 #3BAED2 #6DC3DD #9FD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#3BAED2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17
#3BAED2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAED2
8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BAED2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BAED21.002.578.178.17
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1721.001.001.00
##0000008.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99AAD4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#859BD2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3baed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.113 223.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e0',
    500: '#3baed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3baed2;
$custom-light: #85c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3baed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70208,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BAED2
secondary
#D5A394
accent
#6942E6
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAED2

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#3BAED2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva