#3BAED9#3BAED9

#3BAED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAED9
RGB	rgb(59, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -18.00, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 35.79, 239.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0799 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.118 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4590, 36.2082, 71.0685)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAED9 #D9663B

analogous

#3BD9B5 #3BAED9 #3B5FD9

triadic

#3BAED9 #D93BAE #AED93B

tetradic

#3BAED9 #B53BD9 #D9663B #5FD93B

square

#3BAED9 #B53BD9 #D9663B #5FD93B

split-complementary

#3BAED9 #D93B5F #D9B53B

monochromatic

#196481 #238CB4 #3BAED9 #6EC3E3 #A2D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3BAED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#3BAED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAED9

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAED9	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6e5',
    500: '#3baed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baed9;
$custom-light: #86c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.329,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAED9

secondary

#DAA996

accent

#6C3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAED9

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

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