#3BAFD4#3BAFD4

#3BAFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAFD4
RGB	rgb(59, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -20.15, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 34.52, 234.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0827 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.114 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0124, 36.3398, 67.7598)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAFD4 #D4603B

analogous

#3BD4AD #3BAFD4 #3B62D4

triadic

#3BAFD4 #D43BAF #AFD43B

tetradic

#3BAFD4 #AD3BD4 #D4603B #62D43B

square

#3BAFD4 #AD3BD4 #D4603B #62D43B

split-complementary

#3BAFD4 #D43B62 #D4AD3B

monochromatic

#1B637A #268CAC #3BAFD4 #6DC3DF #9FD8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#3BAFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#3BAFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAFD4

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAFD4	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bafd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e1',
    500: '#3bafd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bafd4;
$custom-light: #85c7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bafd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.51,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAFD4

secondary

#D6A494

accent

#6941E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAFD4

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

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