#3BA4C7#3BA4C7

#3BA4C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.107 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA4C7
RGB	rgb(59, 164, 199)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -18.58, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 32.47, 235.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0767 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.107 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3837, 31.6014, 58.7836)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA4C7 #C75E3B

analogous

#3BC7A4 #3BA4C7 #3B5EC7

triadic

#3BA4C7 #C73BA4 #A4C73B

tetradic

#3BA4C7 #A43BC7 #C75E3B #5EC73B

square

#3BA4C7 #A43BC7 #C75E3B #5EC73B

split-complementary

#3BA4C7 #C73B5E #C7A43B

monochromatic

#1E5769 #2C7E99 #3BA4C7 #6BBAD5 #9AD0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3BA4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#3BA4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA4C7

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA4C7	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 164, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.107 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd8',
    500: '#3ba4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba4c7;
$custom-light: #83bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67349,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA4C7

secondary

#CE9F90

accent

#6E49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA4C7

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

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