#3BA5BD#3BA5BD

#3BA5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.101 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5BD
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -22.30, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 30.74, 223.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0816 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.101 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4402, 31.5114, 52.9285)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5BD #BD533B

analogous

#3BBD94 #3BA5BD #3B64BD

triadic

#3BA5BD #BD3BA5 #A5BD3B

tetradic

#3BA5BD #943BBD #BD533B #64BD3B

square

#3BA5BD #943BBD #BD533B #64BD3B

split-complementary

#3BA5BD #BD3B64 #BD943B

monochromatic

#1E5460 #2C7C8E #3BA5BD #66BCCF #95D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#3BA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#3BA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5BD

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5BD	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.101 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0d1',
    500: '#3ba5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5bd;
$custom-light: #81c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67164,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5BD

secondary

#C9968B

accent

#674CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5BD

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

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