#3BA5BB#3BA5BB

#3BA5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5BB
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -22.92, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 30.52, 221.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0824 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.1 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2246, 31.4252, 51.7930)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5BB #BB513B

analogous

#3BBB91 #3BA5BB #3B65BB

triadic

#3BA5BB #BB3BA5 #A5BB3B

tetradic

#3BA5BB #913BBB #BB513B #65BB3B

square

#3BA5BB #913BBB #BB513B #65BB3B

split-complementary

#3BA5BB #BB3B65 #BB913B

monochromatic

#1E535E #2C7C8C #3BA5BB #65BCCE #93D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#3BA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#3BA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5BB

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5BB	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0cf',
    500: '#3ba5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5bb;
$custom-light: #81c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67083,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5BB

secondary

#C8948A

accent

#654CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →