#3B9ABA#3B9ABA

#3B9ABA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.099 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9ABA
RGB	rgb(59, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -17.47, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 30.27, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0715 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.099 224)
XYZ	xyz(22.2186, 27.5837, 50.5981)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9ABA #BA5B3B

analogous

#3BBA9A #3B9ABA #3B5ABA

triadic

#3B9ABA #BA3B9A #9ABA3B

tetradic

#3B9ABA #9A3BBA #BA5B3B #5ABA3B

square

#3B9ABA #9A3BBA #BA5B3B #5ABA3B

split-complementary

#3B9ABA #BA3B5A #BA9A3B

monochromatic

#1E4D5D #2C748C #3B9ABA #64B3CE #93CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3B9ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#3B9ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9ABA

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9ABA	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.099 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7ce',
    500: '#3b9aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9aba;
$custom-light: #80b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.118,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64379,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.27586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9ABA

secondary

#C89989

accent

#704DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9ABA

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

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