#3BA4BD#3BA4BD

#3BA4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.101 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4BD
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -21.78, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 30.69, 224.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0806 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.101 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2606, 31.1521, 52.8686)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4BD #BD543B

analogous

#3BBD95 #3BA4BD #3B63BD

triadic

#3BA4BD #BD3BA4 #A4BD3B

tetradic

#3BA4BD #953BBD #BD543B #63BD3B

square

#3BA4BD #953BBD #BD543B #63BD3B

split-complementary

#3BA4BD #BD3B63 #BD953B

monochromatic

#1E5360 #2C7C8E #3BA4BD #66BBCF #95D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#3BA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#3BA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4BD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4BD	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)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.101 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd1',
    500: '#3ba4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4bd;
$custom-light: #81bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66922,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4BD

secondary

#C9978B

accent

#684CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4BD

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

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