#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
RGBrgb(59, 171, 197)
HSLhsl(191, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(191, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.03, -22.87, -22.42)
CIE-LCHlch(65.03, 32.02, 224.43°)
OKLaboklab(68.94% -0.0845 -0.0625)
OKLCHoklch(68.94% 0.105 216.5)
XYZxyz(26.4404, 34.0838, 57.9979)
Luminance0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##3BABC51.002.697.827.82
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8221.001.001.00
##0000007.8221.001.001.00

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

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#3BABC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva