#3BA4B9#3BA4B9

#3BA4B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.099 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4B9
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 185)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -23.03, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 30.24, 220.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0822 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.099 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8324, 30.9808, 50.6134)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4B9 #B9503B

analogous

#3BB98F #3BA4B9 #3B65B9

triadic

#3BA4B9 #B93BA4 #A4B93B

tetradic

#3BA4B9 #8F3BB9 #B9503B #65B93B

square

#3BA4B9 #8F3BB9 #B9503B #65B93B

split-complementary

#3BA4B9 #B93B65 #B98F3B

monochromatic

#1D525C #2C7B8B #3BA4B9 #64BCCD #92D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#3BA4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#3BA4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4B9

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4B9	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.099 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfce',
    500: '#3ba4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4b9;
$custom-light: #81bfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66758,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4B9

secondary

#C79388

accent

#644DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4B9

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

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