#3BA3C5#3BA3C5

#3BA3C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.106 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA3C5
RGB	rgb(59, 163, 197)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -18.70, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 32.10, 234.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0764 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.106 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9748, 31.1526, 57.5093)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA3C5 #C55D3B

analogous

#3BC5A2 #3BA3C5 #3B5EC5

triadic

#3BA3C5 #C53BA3 #A3C53B

tetradic

#3BA3C5 #A23BC5 #C55D3B #5EC53B

square

#3BA3C5 #A23BC5 #C55D3B #5EC53B

split-complementary

#3BA3C5 #C53B5E #C5A23B

monochromatic

#1F5567 #2C7C96 #3BA3C5 #6AB9D3 #99CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#3BA3C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#3BA3C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA3C5

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA3C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA3C5	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 163, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.106 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bed6',
    500: '#3ba3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba3c5;
$custom-light: #82bed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67022,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA3C5

secondary

#CD9E8F

accent

#6E4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA3C5

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

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