#3BA6BD#3BA6BD

#3BA6BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.101 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6BD
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -22.81, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 30.80, 222.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0826 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.101 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6213, 31.8736, 52.9889)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6BD #BD523B

analogous

#3BBD93 #3BA6BD #3B65BD

triadic

#3BA6BD #BD3BA6 #A6BD3B

tetradic

#3BA6BD #933BBD #BD523B #65BD3B

square

#3BA6BD #933BBD #BD523B #65BD3B

split-complementary

#3BA6BD #BD3B65 #BD933B

monochromatic

#1E5460 #2C7D8E #3BA6BD #66BDCF #95D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3BA6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#3BA6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6BD

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6BD	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.101 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0d1',
    500: '#3ba6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6bd;
$custom-light: #82c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67407,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6BD

secondary

#C9968B

accent

#654CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6BD

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

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