#3BA5BC#3BA5BC

#3BA5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5BC
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -22.61, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 30.62, 222.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.082 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.1 215)
XYZ	xyz(24.3321, 31.4682, 52.3588)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5BC #BC523B

analogous

#3BBC92 #3BA5BC #3B64BC

triadic

#3BA5BC #BC3BA5 #A5BC3B

tetradic

#3BA5BC #923BBC #BC523B #64BC3B

square

#3BA5BC #923BBC #BC523B #64BC3B

split-complementary

#3BA5BC #BC3B64 #BC923B

monochromatic

#1E535F #2C7C8D #3BA5BC #65BCCF #94D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#3BA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#3BA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5BC

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5BC	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)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0d0',
    500: '#3ba5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5bc;
$custom-light: #81c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67123,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.31471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5BC

secondary

#C9958A

accent

#664CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5BC

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

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