#3BB2E3#3BB2E3

#3BB2E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2E3
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 21.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -16.83, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 37.93, 243.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0801 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.125 230)
XYZ	xyz(31.5835, 38.3129, 78.3887)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2E3 #E36C3B

analogous

#3BE3C0 #3BB2E3 #3B5EE3

triadic

#3BB2E3 #E33BB2 #B2E33B

tetradic

#3BB2E3 #C03BE3 #E36C3B #5EE33B

square

#3BB2E3 #C03BE3 #E36C3B #5EE33B

split-complementary

#3BB2E3 #E33B5E #E3C03B

monochromatic

#146B8F #1C94C5 #3BB2E3 #71C7EB #A6DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB2E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#3BB2E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2E3

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2E3	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9ec',
    500: '#3bb2e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2e3;
$custom-light: #87c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.38317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2E3

secondary

#E0AE9A

accent

#6D36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2E3

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

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