#3BB3D4#3BB3D4

#3BB3D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3D4
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -22.22, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 34.36, 229.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0866 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.113 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8025, 37.9200, 68.0232)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3D4 #D45C3B

analogous

#3BD4A8 #3BB3D4 #3B66D4

triadic

#3BB3D4 #D43BB3 #B3D43B

tetradic

#3BB3D4 #A83BD4 #D45C3B #66D43B

square

#3BB3D4 #A83BD4 #D45C3B #66D43B

split-complementary

#3BB3D4 #D43B66 #D4A83B

monochromatic

#1B657A #268FAC #3BB3D4 #6DC6DF #9FDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3BB3D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#3BB3D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3D4

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3D4	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae1',
    500: '#3bb3d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3d4;
$custom-light: #85cae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71481,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3D4

secondary

#D6A394

accent

#6541E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3D4

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

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