#3BAAC4#3BAAC4

#3BAAC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.105 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAAC4
RGB	rgb(59, 170, 196)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -22.67, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 31.85, 224.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0839 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.105 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1380, 33.6618, 57.3337)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAAC4 #C4553B

analogous

#3BC49A #3BAAC4 #3B65C4

triadic

#3BAAC4 #C43BAA #AAC43B

tetradic

#3BAAC4 #9A3BC4 #C4553B #65C43B

square

#3BAAC4 #9A3BC4 #C4553B #65C43B

split-complementary

#3BAAC4 #C43B65 #C49A3B

monochromatic

#1F5866 #2D8195 #3BAAC4 #6ABED2 #99D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3BAAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#3BAAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAAC4

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAAC4	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8597C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 170, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.105 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3d6',
    500: '#3baac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baac4;
$custom-light: #83c3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6866,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAAC4

secondary

#CC9A8F

accent

#664BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAAC4

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

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