#3BA0BD#3BA0BD

#3BA0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.101 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA0BD
RGB	rgb(59, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -19.69, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 30.63, 229.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0765 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.101 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5560, 29.7429, 52.6337)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA0BD #BD583B

analogous

#3BBD99 #3BA0BD #3B5FBD

triadic

#3BA0BD #BD3BA0 #A0BD3B

tetradic

#3BA0BD #993BBD #BD583B #5FBD3B

square

#3BA0BD #993BBD #BD583B #5FBD3B

split-complementary

#3BA0BD #BD3B5F #BD993B

monochromatic

#1E5160 #2C798E #3BA0BD #66B8CF #95CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3BA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#3BA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA0BD

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA0BD	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.101 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcd1',
    500: '#3ba0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba0bd;
$custom-light: #81bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65956,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA0BD

secondary

#C9998B

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA0BD

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

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