#3BA2B8#3BA2B8

#3BA2B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.098 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA2B8
RGB	rgb(59, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -22.32, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 29.98, 221.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0805 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.098 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3721, 30.2286, 49.9410)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA2B8 #B8513B

analogous

#3BB88F #3BA2B8 #3B64B8

triadic

#3BA2B8 #B83BA2 #A2B83B

tetradic

#3BA2B8 #8F3BB8 #B8513B #64B83B

square

#3BA2B8 #8F3BB8 #B8513B #64B83B

split-complementary

#3BA2B8 #B83B64 #B88F3B

monochromatic

#1D505B #2C798A #3BA2B8 #63BACD #92CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#3BA2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#3BA2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA2B8

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA2B8	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8190B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.098 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdcd',
    500: '#3ba2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba2b8;
$custom-light: #81bdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.56,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66231,
    "c": 0.09791,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA2B8

secondary

#C79388

accent

#664DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA2B8

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

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