#3BA9BF#3BA9BF

#3BA9BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9BF
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -23.72, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 31.24, 220.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0849 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.102 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3916, 33.0644, 54.3240)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9BF #BF513B

analogous

#3BBF93 #3BA9BF #3B67BF

triadic

#3BA9BF #BF3BA9 #A9BF3B

tetradic

#3BA9BF #933BBF #BF513B #67BF3B

square

#3BA9BF #933BBF #BF513B #67BF3B

split-complementary

#3BA9BF #BF3B67 #BF933B

monochromatic

#1E5661 #2D8090 #3BA9BF #67BFD0 #96D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#3BA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#3BA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9BF

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9BF	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d2',
    500: '#3ba9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9bf;
$custom-light: #82c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68215,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9BF

secondary

#CA968C

accent

#644CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9BF

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

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