#3BB0D9#3BB0D9

#3BB0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0D9
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -19.05, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 35.56, 237.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0818 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.117 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8482, 36.9867, 71.1982)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0D9 #D9643B

analogous

#3BD9B3 #3BB0D9 #3B61D9

triadic

#3BB0D9 #D93BB0 #B0D93B

tetradic

#3BB0D9 #B33BD9 #D9643B #61D93B

square

#3BB0D9 #B33BD9 #D9643B #61D93B

split-complementary

#3BB0D9 #D93B61 #D9B33B

monochromatic

#196681 #238EB4 #3BB0D9 #6EC5E3 #A2D9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#3BB0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0D9

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0D9	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7e5',
    500: '#3bb0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0d9;
$custom-light: #86c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.57,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70987,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0D9

secondary

#DAA896

accent

#6A3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0D9

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

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