#3BB0DA#3BB0DA

#3BB0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0DA
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -18.73, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 35.81, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0814 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.118 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9787, 37.0389, 71.8853)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0DA #DA653B

analogous

#3BDAB5 #3BB0DA #3B61DA

triadic

#3BB0DA #DA3BB0 #B0DA3B

tetradic

#3BB0DA #B53BDA #DA653B #61DA3B

square

#3BB0DA #B53BDA #DA653B #61DA3B

split-complementary

#3BB0DA #DA3B61 #DAB53B

monochromatic

#196682 #228FB6 #3BB0DA #6EC5E4 #A2DAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#3BB0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0DA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0DA	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7e5',
    500: '#3bb0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0da;
$custom-light: #86c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71032,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0DA

secondary

#DAA897

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0DA

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

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