#3BA9C2#3BA9C2

#3BA9C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.103 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9C2
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 194)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -22.78, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 31.56, 223.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0837 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.103 216)
XYZ	xyz(25.7251, 33.1979, 56.0805)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9C2 #C2543B

analogous

#3BC298 #3BA9C2 #3B66C2

triadic

#3BA9C2 #C23BA9 #A9C23B

tetradic

#3BA9C2 #983BC2 #C2543B #66C23B

square

#3BA9C2 #983BC2 #C2543B #66C23B

split-complementary

#3BA9C2 #C23B66 #C2983B

monochromatic

#1E5764 #2D8093 #3BA9C2 #69BED1 #98D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#3BA9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#3BA9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9C2

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9C2	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8596C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.103 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d4',
    500: '#3ba9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9c2;
$custom-light: #82c2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68337,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.33201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9C2

secondary

#CB998E

accent

#664BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9C2

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

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