#3BA9C5#3BA9C5

#3BA9C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.105 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9C5
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 197)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -21.84, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 31.96, 226.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0825 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.105 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0655, 33.3340, 57.8729)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9C5 #C5573B

analogous

#3BC59C #3BA9C5 #3B64C5

triadic

#3BA9C5 #C53BA9 #A9C53B

tetradic

#3BA9C5 #9C3BC5 #C5573B #64C53B

square

#3BA9C5 #9C3BC5 #C5573B #64C53B

split-complementary

#3BA9C5 #C53B64 #C59C3B

monochromatic

#1F5867 #2C8196 #3BA9C5 #6ABED3 #99D2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3BA9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#3BA9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9C5

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9C5	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8496C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.105 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2d6',
    500: '#3ba9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9c5;
$custom-light: #83c2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.174,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68461,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9C5

secondary

#CD9C8F

accent

#684ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9C5

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

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