#3BA1BF#3BA1BF

#3BA1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.102 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA1BF
RGB	rgb(59, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -19.57, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 30.97, 230.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0767 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.102 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9486, 30.1784, 53.8430)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA1BF #BF593B

analogous

#3BBF9B #3BA1BF #3B5FBF

triadic

#3BA1BF #BF3BA1 #A1BF3B

tetradic

#3BA1BF #9B3BBF #BF593B #5FBF3B

square

#3BA1BF #9B3BBF #BF593B #5FBF3B

split-complementary

#3BA1BF #BF3B5F #BF9B3B

monochromatic

#1E5261 #2D7A90 #3BA1BF #67B8D0 #96CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#3BA1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#3BA1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA1BF

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA1BF	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.102 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdd2',
    500: '#3ba1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba1bf;
$custom-light: #81bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66282,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA1BF

secondary

#CA9A8C

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA1BF

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

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