#3BA6BE#3BA6BE

#3BA6BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.101 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6BE
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -22.50, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 30.91, 223.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0822 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.101 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7302, 31.9172, 53.5625)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6BE #BE533B

analogous

#3BBE95 #3BA6BE #3B65BE

triadic

#3BA6BE #BE3BA6 #A6BE3B

tetradic

#3BA6BE #953BBE #BE533B #65BE3B

square

#3BA6BE #953BBE #BE533B #65BE3B

split-complementary

#3BA6BE #BE3B65 #BE953B

monochromatic

#1E5461 #2C7D8F #3BA6BE #67BCD0 #95D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3BA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#3BA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6BE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6BE	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#95A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.101 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0d1',
    500: '#3ba6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6be;
$custom-light: #82c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67448,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6BE

secondary

#CA978B

accent

#664CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6BE

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

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