#3BA5BF#3BA5BF

#3BA5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.102 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA5BF
RGB	rgb(59, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -21.67, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 30.99, 225.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0808 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.102 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6588, 31.5989, 54.0797)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA5BF #BF553B

analogous

#3BBF97 #3BA5BF #3B63BF

triadic

#3BA5BF #BF3BA5 #A5BF3B

tetradic

#3BA5BF #973BBF #BF553B #63BF3B

square

#3BA5BF #973BBF #BF553B #63BF3B

split-complementary

#3BA5BF #BF3B63 #BF973B

monochromatic

#1E5461 #2D7D90 #3BA5BF #67BBD0 #96D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3BA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#3BA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA5BF

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA5BF	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)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.102 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0d2',
    500: '#3ba5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba5bf;
$custom-light: #82c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67247,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA5BF

secondary

#CA988C

accent

#684CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA5BF

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

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