#3BAED4#3BAED4

#3BAED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAED4
RGB	rgb(59, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -19.63, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 34.59, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0817 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.114 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8185, 35.9520, 67.6952)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAED4 #D4613B

analogous

#3BD4AD #3BAED4 #3B61D4

triadic

#3BAED4 #D43BAE #AED43B

tetradic

#3BAED4 #AD3BD4 #D4613B #61D43B

square

#3BAED4 #AD3BD4 #D4613B #61D43B

split-complementary

#3BAED4 #D43B61 #D4AD3B

monochromatic

#1B627A #268BAC #3BAED4 #6DC3DF #9FD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#3BAED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#3BAED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAED4

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAED4	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e1',
    500: '#3baed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baed4;
$custom-light: #85c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70295,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAED4

secondary

#D6A594

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAED4

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

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