#3BA4BB#3BA4BB

#3BA4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.100 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4BB
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -22.41, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 30.44, 222.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0814 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.1 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0450, 31.0659, 51.7332)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4BB #BB523B

analogous

#3BBB92 #3BA4BB #3B64BB

triadic

#3BA4BB #BB3BA4 #A4BB3B

tetradic

#3BA4BB #923BBB #BB523B #64BB3B

square

#3BA4BB #923BBB #BB523B #64BB3B

split-complementary

#3BA4BB #BB3B64 #BB923B

monochromatic

#1E525E #2C7B8C #3BA4BB #65BBCE #93D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#3BA4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#3BA4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4BB

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4BB	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.100 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfcf',
    500: '#3ba4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4bb;
$custom-light: #81bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.781,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6684,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4BB

secondary

#C8958A

accent

#664CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4BB

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

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