#3BAFC8#3BAFC8

#3BAFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAFC8
RGB	rgb(59, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -23.97, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 32.59, 222.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0873 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.107 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5545, 35.7567, 60.0819)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAFC8 #C8543B

analogous

#3BC89A #3BAFC8 #3B68C8

triadic

#3BAFC8 #C83BAF #AFC83B

tetradic

#3BAFC8 #9A3BC8 #C8543B #68C83B

square

#3BAFC8 #9A3BC8 #C8543B #68C83B

split-complementary

#3BAFC8 #C83B68 #C89A3B

monochromatic

#1E5D6B #2B879A #3BAFC8 #6BC3D5 #9BD6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#3BAFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#3BAFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAFC8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAFC8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bafc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7d8',
    500: '#3bafc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bafc8;
$custom-light: #84c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bafc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.638,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70027,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAFC8

secondary

#CF9B90

accent

#6348DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAFC8

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

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