#3BA5BE#3BA5BE

#3BA5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.101 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5BE
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -21.98, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 30.86, 224.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0812 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.101 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5492, 31.5550, 53.5021)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5BE #BE543B

analogous

#3BBE96 #3BA5BE #3B64BE

triadic

#3BA5BE #BE3BA5 #A5BE3B

tetradic

#3BA5BE #963BBE #BE543B #64BE3B

square

#3BA5BE #963BBE #BE543B #64BE3B

split-complementary

#3BA5BE #BE3B64 #BE963B

monochromatic

#1E5461 #2C7C8F #3BA5BE #67BCD0 #95D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3BA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#3BA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5BE

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5BE	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.101 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0d1',
    500: '#3ba5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5be;
$custom-light: #82c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67206,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5BE

secondary

#CA978B

accent

#674CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5BE

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

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