#3BA3BD#3BA3BD

#3BA3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.101 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA3BD
RGB	rgb(59, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -21.26, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 30.65, 226.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0795 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.101 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0823, 30.7956, 52.8092)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA3BD #BD553B

analogous

#3BBD96 #3BA3BD #3B62BD

triadic

#3BA3BD #BD3BA3 #A3BD3B

tetradic

#3BA3BD #963BBD #BD553B #62BD3B

square

#3BA3BD #963BBD #BD553B #62BD3B

split-complementary

#3BA3BD #BD3B62 #BD963B

monochromatic

#1E5360 #2C7B8E #3BA3BD #66BACF #95CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3BA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#3BA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA3BD

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA3BD	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.101 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bed1',
    500: '#3ba3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba3bd;
$custom-light: #81bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6668,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA3BD

secondary

#C9978B

accent

#694CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA3BD

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

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