#3BABC5#3BABC5

#3BABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.105 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BABC5
RGB	rgb(59, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -22.87, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 32.02, 224.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0845 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.105 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4404, 34.0838, 57.9979)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BABC5 #C5553B

analogous

#3BC59A #3BABC5 #3B66C5

triadic

#3BABC5 #C53BAB #ABC53B

tetradic

#3BABC5 #9A3BC5 #C5553B #66C53B

square

#3BABC5 #9A3BC5 #C5553B #66C53B

split-complementary

#3BABC5 #C53B66 #C59A3B

monochromatic

#1F5967 #2C8296 #3BABC5 #6ABFD3 #99D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3BABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#3BABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BABC5

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BABC5	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3babc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.105 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4d6',
    500: '#3babc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3babc5;
$custom-light: #83c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3babc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68942,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BABC5

secondary

#CD9B8F

accent

#664ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BABC5

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

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