#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
RGBrgb(59, 174, 217)
HSLhsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(196, 73%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.68, -18.00, -30.94)
CIE-LCHlch(66.68, 35.79, 239.81°)
OKLaboklab(70.52% -0.0799 -0.0868)
OKLCHoklch(70.52% 0.118 227.4)
XYZxyz(29.4590, 36.2082, 71.0685)
Luminance0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##3BAED91.002.558.248.24
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2421.001.001.00
##0000008.2421.001.001.00

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

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#3BAED9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva