#3BA3BE#3BA3BE

#3BA3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.101 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA3BE
RGB	rgb(59, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -20.94, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 30.80, 227.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0791 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.101 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1912, 30.8392, 53.3828)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA3BE #BE563B

analogous

#3BBE98 #3BA3BE #3B62BE

triadic

#3BA3BE #BE3BA3 #A3BE3B

tetradic

#3BA3BE #983BBE #BE563B #62BE3B

square

#3BA3BE #983BBE #BE563B #62BE3B

split-complementary

#3BA3BE #BE3B62 #BE983B

monochromatic

#1E5361 #2C7B8F #3BA3BE #67BAD0 #95CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3BA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#3BA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA3BE

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA3BE	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)

#929EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.101 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bed1',
    500: '#3ba3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba3be;
$custom-light: #81bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.366,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66722,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA3BE

secondary

#CA988B

accent

#6A4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA3BE

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

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