#3BABC4#3BABC4

#3BABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.105 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BABC4
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -23.18, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 31.90, 223.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0849 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.105 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3262, 34.0381, 57.3964)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BABC4 #C4543B

analogous

#3BC498 #3BABC4 #3B67C4

triadic

#3BABC4 #C43BAB #ABC43B

tetradic

#3BABC4 #983BC4 #C4543B #67C43B

square

#3BABC4 #983BC4 #C4543B #67C43B

split-complementary

#3BABC4 #C43B67 #C4983B

monochromatic

#1F5966 #2D8295 #3BABC4 #6ABFD2 #99D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3BABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#3BABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BABC4

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BABC4	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8798C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3babc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.105 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4d6',
    500: '#3babc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3babc4;
$custom-light: #83c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3babc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.949,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68901,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BABC4

secondary

#CC9A8F

accent

#654BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BABC4

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

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