#3BA8BE#3BA8BE

#3BA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8BE
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -23.52, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 31.06, 220.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0842 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.101 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0966, 32.6499, 53.6846)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8BE #BE513B

analogous

#3BBE93 #3BA8BE #3B67BE

triadic

#3BA8BE #BE3BA8 #A8BE3B

tetradic

#3BA8BE #933BBE #BE513B #67BE3B

square

#3BA8BE #933BBE #BE513B #67BE3B

split-complementary

#3BA8BE #BE3B67 #BE933B

monochromatic

#1E5561 #2C7F8F #3BA8BE #67BED0 #95D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3BA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#3BA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8BE

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8BE	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d1',
    500: '#3ba8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8be;
$custom-light: #82c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.076,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67932,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8BE

secondary

#CA968B

accent

#644CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8BE

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

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