#3BA3BF#3BA3BF

#3BA3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.102 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BA3BF
RGBrgb(59, 163, 191)
HSLhsl(193, 53%, 49%)
HSVhsv(193, 69%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(62.41, -20.62, -23.08)
CIE-LCHlch(62.41, 30.95, 228.22°)
OKLaboklab(66.76% -0.0787 -0.0644)
OKLCHoklch(66.76% 0.102 219.3)
XYZxyz(24.3009, 30.8830, 53.9604)
Luminance0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BA3BF #BF573B
analogous
#3BBF99 #3BA3BF #3B61BF
triadic
#3BA3BF #BF3BA3 #A3BF3B
tetradic
#3BA3BF #993BBF #BF573B #61BF3B
square
#3BA3BF #993BBF #BF573B #61BF3B
split-complementary
#3BA3BF #BF3B61 #BF993B
monochromatic
#1E5361 #2D7B90 #3BA3BF #67BAD0 #96CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93
#3BA3BF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18
#3BA3BF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA3BF
7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BA3BF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BA3BF1.002.937.187.18
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1821.001.001.00
##0000007.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#929FC1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F91BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3ba3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.102 219.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bed2',
    500: '#3ba3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3ba3bf;
$custom-light: #82bed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3ba3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66764,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BA3BF
secondary
#CA998C
accent
#6A4CDC
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#F0F6F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA3BF

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#3BA3BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva