#3BA0BC#3BA0BC

#3BA0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.100 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA0BC
RGB	rgb(59, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -20.01, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 30.45, 228.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0769 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.1 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4478, 29.6996, 52.0641)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA0BC #BC573B

analogous

#3BBC97 #3BA0BC #3B5FBC

triadic

#3BA0BC #BC3BA0 #A0BC3B

tetradic

#3BA0BC #973BBC #BC573B #5FBC3B

square

#3BA0BC #973BBC #BC573B #5FBC3B

split-complementary

#3BA0BC #BC3B5F #BC973B

monochromatic

#1E515F #2C788D #3BA0BC #65B8CF #94CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#3BA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#3BA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA0BC

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA0BC	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.100 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcd0',
    500: '#3ba0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba0bc;
$custom-light: #81bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.023,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65913,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA0BC

secondary

#C9988A

accent

#6B4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA0BC

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

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