#3BA2C6#3BA2C6

#3BA2C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.107 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA2C6
RGB	rgb(59, 162, 198)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -17.84, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 32.40, 236.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0751 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.107 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9129, 30.8449, 58.0558)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA2C6 #C65F3B

analogous

#3BC6A5 #3BA2C6 #3B5CC6

triadic

#3BA2C6 #C63BA2 #A2C63B

tetradic

#3BA2C6 #A53BC6 #C65F3B #5CC63B

square

#3BA2C6 #A53BC6 #C65F3B #5CC63B

split-complementary

#3BA2C6 #C63B5C #C6A53B

monochromatic

#1E5568 #2C7C98 #3BA2C6 #6AB8D4 #9ACFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3BA2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#3BA2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA2C6

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA2C6	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 162, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.107 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bdd7',
    500: '#3ba2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba2c6;
$custom-light: #82bdd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66827,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA2C6

secondary

#CD9F8F

accent

#704ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA2C6

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

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