#3BB3D6#3BB3D6

#3BB3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3D6
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -21.58, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 34.72, 231.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0858 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.115 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0563, 38.0215, 69.3601)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3D6 #D65E3B

analogous

#3BD6AB #3BB3D6 #3B65D6

triadic

#3BB3D6 #D63BB3 #B3D63B

tetradic

#3BB3D6 #AB3BD6 #D65E3B #65D63B

square

#3BB3D6 #AB3BD6 #D65E3B #65D63B

split-complementary

#3BB3D6 #D63B65 #D6AB3B

monochromatic

#1A667D #2590AF #3BB3D6 #6EC7E1 #A0DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#3BB3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3D6

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3D6	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cae2',
    500: '#3bb3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3d6;
$custom-light: #86cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71566,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3D6

secondary

#D8A495

accent

#663FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3D6

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

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