#3BA6BF#3BA6BF

#3BA6BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.102 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6BF
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -22.18, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 31.03, 224.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0818 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.102 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8399, 31.9610, 54.1401)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6BF #BF543B

analogous

#3BBF96 #3BA6BF #3B64BF

triadic

#3BA6BF #BF3BA6 #A6BF3B

tetradic

#3BA6BF #963BBF #BF543B #64BF3B

square

#3BA6BF #963BBF #BF543B #64BF3B

split-complementary

#3BA6BF #BF3B64 #BF963B

monochromatic

#1E5561 #2D7D90 #3BA6BF #67BCD0 #96D1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3BA6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#3BA6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6BF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6BF	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.102 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0d2',
    500: '#3ba6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6bf;
$custom-light: #82c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67489,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6BF

secondary

#CA988C

accent

#674CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6BF

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

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