#3BA6C5#3BA6C5

#3BA6C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.105 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA6C5
RGB	rgb(59, 166, 197)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -20.28, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 31.96, 230.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0795 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.105 221)
XYZ	xyz(25.5137, 32.2306, 57.6890)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA6C5 #C55A3B

analogous

#3BC59F #3BA6C5 #3B61C5

triadic

#3BA6C5 #C53BA6 #A6C53B

tetradic

#3BA6C5 #9F3BC5 #C55A3B #61C53B

square

#3BA6C5 #9F3BC5 #C55A3B #61C53B

split-complementary

#3BA6C5 #C53B61 #C59F3B

monochromatic

#1F5767 #2C7F96 #3BA6C5 #6ABBD3 #99D1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3BA6C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#3BA6C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA6C5

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA6C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA6C5	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba6c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 166, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.105 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0d6',
    500: '#3ba6c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba6c5;
$custom-light: #83c0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba6c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67741,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.32233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA6C5

secondary

#CD9D8F

accent

#6B4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA6C5

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

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