#3BA8BF#3BA8BF

#3BA8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.102 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8BF
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -23.21, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 31.16, 221.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0838 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.102 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2063, 32.6938, 54.2622)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8BF #BF523B

analogous

#3BBF94 #3BA8BF #3B66BF

triadic

#3BA8BF #BF3BA8 #A8BF3B

tetradic

#3BA8BF #943BBF #BF523B #66BF3B

square

#3BA8BF #943BBF #BF523B #66BF3B

split-complementary

#3BA8BF #BF3B66 #BF943B

monochromatic

#1E5661 #2D7F90 #3BA8BF #67BED0 #96D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3BA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#3BA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8BF

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8BF	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.102 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d2',
    500: '#3ba8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8bf;
$custom-light: #82c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67973,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8BF

secondary

#CA978C

accent

#654CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8BF

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

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