#3BAEC5#3BAEC5

#3BAEC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAEC5
RGB	rgb(59, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -24.40, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 32.22, 220.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0875 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.105 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0135, 35.2300, 58.1889)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAEC5 #C5523B

analogous

#3BC597 #3BAEC5 #3B69C5

triadic

#3BAEC5 #C53BAE #AEC53B

tetradic

#3BAEC5 #973BC5 #C5523B #69C53B

square

#3BAEC5 #973BC5 #C5523B #69C53B

split-complementary

#3BAEC5 #C53B69 #C5973B

monochromatic

#1F5B67 #2C8596 #3BAEC5 #6AC2D3 #99D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3BAEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#3BAEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAEC5

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAEC5	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA8C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3baec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6d6',
    500: '#3baec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3baec5;
$custom-light: #83c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3baec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69665,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAEC5

secondary

#CD998F

accent

#634ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAEC5

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

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