#3BB0C8#3BB0C8

#3BB0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0C8
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -24.48, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 32.66, 221.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0883 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.107 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7499, 36.1474, 60.1470)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0C8 #C8533B

analogous

#3BC899 #3BB0C8 #3B69C8

triadic

#3BB0C8 #C83BB0 #B0C83B

tetradic

#3BB0C8 #993BC8 #C8533B #69C83B

square

#3BB0C8 #993BC8 #C8533B #69C83B

split-complementary

#3BB0C8 #C83B69 #C8993B

monochromatic

#1E5E6B #2B889A #3BB0C8 #6BC3D5 #9BD7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3BB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#3BB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0C8

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0C8	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8d8',
    500: '#3bb0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0c8;
$custom-light: #84c8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.213,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70268,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0C8

secondary

#CF9B90

accent

#6248DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0C8

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

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