#3B8AAC#3B8AAC

#3B8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.092 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8AAC
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -13.32, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 28.38, 242.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0599 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.092 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3356, 22.0834, 42.3179)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8AAC #AC5D3B

analogous

#3BAC95 #3B8AAC #3B51AC

triadic

#3B8AAC #AC3B8A #8AAC3B

tetradic

#3B8AAC #953BAC #AC5D3B #51AC3B

square

#3B8AAC #953BAC #AC5D3B #51AC3B

split-complementary

#3B8AAC #AC3B51 #AC953B

monochromatic

#1C4151 #2B657E #3B8AAC #5DA7C7 #8AC0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#3B8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#3B8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8AAC

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8AAC	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.092 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacc4',
    500: '#3b8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8aac;
$custom-light: #7dacc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59883,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8AAC

secondary

#C19581

accent

#794FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8AAC

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

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