#3BA0BF#3BA0BF

#3BA0BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA0BF
RGB	rgb(59, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -19.05, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 31.01, 232.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0757 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.102 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7746, 29.8303, 53.7850)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA0BF #BF5A3B

analogous

#3BBF9C #3BA0BF #3B5EBF

triadic

#3BA0BF #BF3BA0 #A0BF3B

tetradic

#3BA0BF #9C3BBF #BF5A3B #5EBF3B

square

#3BA0BF #9C3BBF #BF5A3B #5EBF3B

split-complementary

#3BA0BF #BF3B5E #BF9C3B

monochromatic

#1E5261 #2D7990 #3BA0BF #67B7D0 #96CDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#3BA0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#3BA0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA0BF

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA0BF	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcd2',
    500: '#3ba0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba0bf;
$custom-light: #81bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66042,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA0BF

secondary

#CA9A8C

accent

#6E4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA0BF

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

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