#3BAED3#3BAED3

#3BAED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAED3
RGB	rgb(59, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -19.95, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 34.38, 234.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0821 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.113 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6927, 35.9017, 67.0329)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAED3 #D3603B

analogous

#3BD3AC #3BAED3 #3B62D3

triadic

#3BAED3 #D33BAE #AED33B

tetradic

#3BAED3 #AC3BD3 #D3603B #62D33B

square

#3BAED3 #AC3BD3 #D3603B #62D33B

split-complementary

#3BAED3 #D33B62 #D3AC3B

monochromatic

#1B6279 #268AAB #3BAED3 #6DC3DE #9FD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#3BAED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#3BAED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAED3

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAED3	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e0',
    500: '#3baed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baed3;
$custom-light: #85c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.605,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70252,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAED3

secondary

#D6A494

accent

#6A41E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAED3

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

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