#3BB2E2#3BB2E2

#3BB2E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.124 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2E2
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -17.16, -33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 37.64, 242.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0805 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.124 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4459, 38.2579, 77.6640)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2E2 #E26B3B

analogous

#3BE2BF #3BB2E2 #3B5EE2

triadic

#3BB2E2 #E23BB2 #B2E23B

tetradic

#3BB2E2 #BF3BE2 #E26B3B #5EE23B

square

#3BB2E2 #BF3BE2 #E26B3B #5EE23B

split-complementary

#3BB2E2 #E23B5E #E2BF3B

monochromatic

#156B8E #1D93C3 #3BB2E2 #70C7EA #A6DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3BB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2E2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2E2	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.124 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9eb',
    500: '#3bb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2e2;
$custom-light: #87c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.246,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2E2

secondary

#DFAE9A

accent

#6C37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2E2

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

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