#3BB0D6#3BB0D6

#3BB0D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0D6
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -20.03, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 34.88, 234.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0829 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.115 224)
XYZ	xyz(29.4616, 36.8321, 69.1619)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0D6 #D6613B

analogous

#3BD6AF #3BB0D6 #3B62D6

triadic

#3BB0D6 #D63BB0 #B0D63B

tetradic

#3BB0D6 #AF3BD6 #D6613B #62D63B

square

#3BB0D6 #AF3BD6 #D6613B #62D63B

split-complementary

#3BB0D6 #D63B62 #D6AF3B

monochromatic

#1A647D #258DAF #3BB0D6 #6EC4E1 #A0D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#3BB0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0D6

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0D6	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e2',
    500: '#3bb0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0d6;
$custom-light: #85c7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.71,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70856,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.36836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0D6

secondary

#D8A595

accent

#693FE8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0D6

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

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