#3BB2CD#3BB2CD

#3BB2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2CD
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -23.92, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 33.33, 224.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0883 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.109 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7388, 37.1750, 63.4066)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2CD #CD563B

analogous

#3BCD9F #3BB2CD #3B69CD

triadic

#3BB2CD #CD3BB2 #B2CD3B

tetradic

#3BB2CD #9F3BCD #CD563B #69CD3B

square

#3BB2CD #9F3BCD #CD563B #69CD3B

split-complementary

#3BB2CD #CD3B69 #CD9F3B

monochromatic

#1D6171 #298BA2 #3BB2CD #6CC5D9 #9DD8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3BB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#3BB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2CD

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2CD	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9dc',
    500: '#3bb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2cd;
$custom-light: #84c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.096,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2CD

secondary

#D29E92

accent

#6245E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2CD

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

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