#3BAFC9#3BAFC9

#3BAFC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAFC9
RGB	rgb(59, 175, 201)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -23.65, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 32.71, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0869 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.107 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6718, 35.8036, 60.6994)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAFC9 #C9553B

analogous

#3BC99C #3BAFC9 #3B68C9

triadic

#3BAFC9 #C93BAF #AFC93B

tetradic

#3BAFC9 #9C3BC9 #C9553B #68C93B

square

#3BAFC9 #9C3BC9 #C9553B #68C93B

split-complementary

#3BAFC9 #C93B68 #C99C3B

monochromatic

#1E5E6C #2B879C #3BAFC9 #6BC3D6 #9BD6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#3BAFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#3BAFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAFC9

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAFC9	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bafc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 175, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7d9',
    500: '#3bafc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bafc9;
$custom-light: #84c7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bafc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70068,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAFC9

secondary

#CF9C90

accent

#6448E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAFC9

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

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