#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
RGB	rgb(59, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -20.27, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 34.17, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0824 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.113 223)
XYZ	xyz(28.5677, 35.8517, 66.3747)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##3BAED2	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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