#3BA3BC#3BA3BC

#3BA3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.100 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA3BC
RGB	rgb(59, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -21.58, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 30.51, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0799 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.1 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9742, 30.7523, 52.2395)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA3BC #BC543B

analogous

#3BBC94 #3BA3BC #3B62BC

triadic

#3BA3BC #BC3BA3 #A3BC3B

tetradic

#3BA3BC #943BBC #BC543B #62BC3B

square

#3BA3BC #943BBC #BC543B #62BC3B

split-complementary

#3BA3BC #BC3B62 #BC943B

monochromatic

#1E525F #2C7B8D #3BA3BC #65BACF #94CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#3BA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#3BA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA3BC

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA3BC	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.100 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bed0',
    500: '#3ba3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba3bc;
$custom-light: #81bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.628,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66639,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA3BC

secondary

#C9968A

accent

#684CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA3BC

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

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