#3BA6BC#3BA6BC

#3BA6BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.100 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6BC
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -23.12, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 30.70, 221.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.083 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.1 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5131, 31.8303, 52.4192)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6BC #BC513B

analogous

#3BBC91 #3BA6BC #3B65BC

triadic

#3BA6BC #BC3BA6 #A6BC3B

tetradic

#3BA6BC #913BBC #BC513B #65BC3B

square

#3BA6BC #913BBC #BC513B #65BC3B

split-complementary

#3BA6BC #BC3B65 #BC913B

monochromatic

#1E545F #2C7D8D #3BA6BC #65BDCF #94D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3BA6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#3BA6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6BC

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6BC	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.100 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0d0',
    500: '#3ba6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6bc;
$custom-light: #81c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67366,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6BC

secondary

#C9958A

accent

#654CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6BC

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

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