#3BA2C9#3BA2C9

#3BA2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.109 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA2C9
RGB	rgb(59, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -16.86, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 33.15, 239.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0739 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.109 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2623, 30.9846, 59.8963)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA2C9 #C9623B

analogous

#3BC9A9 #3BA2C9 #3B5BC9

triadic

#3BA2C9 #C93BA2 #A2C93B

tetradic

#3BA2C9 #A93BC9 #C9623B #5BC93B

square

#3BA2C9 #A93BC9 #C9623B #5BC93B

split-complementary

#3BA2C9 #C93B5B #C9A93B

monochromatic

#1E566C #2B7D9C #3BA2C9 #6BB9D6 #9BD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#3BA2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#3BA2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA2C9

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA2C9	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.109 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd9',
    500: '#3ba2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba2c9;
$custom-light: #83bdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66961,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA2C9

secondary

#CFA290

accent

#7248E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA2C9

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

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