#3BA4BC#3BA4BC

#3BA4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.100 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4BC
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -22.09, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 30.56, 223.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.081 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.1 216)
XYZ	xyz(24.1524, 31.1089, 52.2989)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4BC #BC533B

analogous

#3BBC93 #3BA4BC #3B63BC

triadic

#3BA4BC #BC3BA4 #A4BC3B

tetradic

#3BA4BC #933BBC #BC533B #63BC3B

square

#3BA4BC #933BBC #BC533B #63BC3B

split-complementary

#3BA4BC #BC3B63 #BC933B

monochromatic

#1E535F #2C7B8D #3BA4BC #65BBCF #94D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#3BA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#3BA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4BC

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4BC	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.100 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd0',
    500: '#3ba4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4bc;
$custom-light: #81bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66881,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.31112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4BC

secondary

#C9968A

accent

#674CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4BC

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

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