#3BAFD6#3BAFD6

#3BAFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.115 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAFD6
RGB	rgb(59, 175, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -19.50, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 34.96, 236.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0819 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.115 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2662, 36.4414, 69.0968)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAFD6 #D6623B

analogous

#3BD6AF #3BAFD6 #3B61D6

triadic

#3BAFD6 #D63BAF #AFD63B

tetradic

#3BAFD6 #AF3BD6 #D6623B #61D63B

square

#3BAFD6 #AF3BD6 #D6623B #61D63B

split-complementary

#3BAFD6 #D63B61 #D6AF3B

monochromatic

#1A647D #258CAF #3BAFD6 #6EC4E1 #A0D8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3BAFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#3BAFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAFD6

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAFD6	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bafd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 175, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.115 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e2',
    500: '#3bafd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bafd6;
$custom-light: #85c7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bafd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.097,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70619,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAFD6

secondary

#D8A695

accent

#6A3FE8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAFD6

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

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