#3BAFD3#3BAFD3

#3BAFD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAFD3
RGB	rgb(59, 175, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -20.47, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 34.31, 233.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.083 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.113 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8866, 36.2895, 67.0975)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAFD3 #D35F3B

analogous

#3BD3AB #3BAFD3 #3B63D3

triadic

#3BAFD3 #D33BAF #AFD33B

tetradic

#3BAFD3 #AB3BD3 #D35F3B #63D33B

square

#3BAFD3 #AB3BD3 #D35F3B #63D33B

split-complementary

#3BAFD3 #D33B63 #D3AB3B

monochromatic

#1B6279 #268BAB #3BAFD3 #6DC3DE #9FD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#3BAFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#3BAFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAFD3

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAFD3	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bafd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 175, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e0',
    500: '#3bafd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bafd3;
$custom-light: #85c7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bafd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70489,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAFD3

secondary

#D6A494

accent

#6841E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAFD3

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

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