#3BB3DA#3BB3DA

#3BB3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3DA
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -20.29, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 35.52, 235.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0843 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.117 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5734, 38.2284, 72.0836)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3DA #DA623B

analogous

#3BDAB2 #3BB3DA #3B64DA

triadic

#3BB3DA #DA3BB3 #B3DA3B

tetradic

#3BB3DA #B23BDA #DA623B #64DA3B

square

#3BB3DA #B23BDA #DA623B #64DA3B

split-complementary

#3BB3DA #DA3B64 #DAB23B

monochromatic

#196882 #2291B6 #3BB3DA #6EC7E4 #A2DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3BB3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3BB3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3DA

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3DA	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)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9e5',
    500: '#3bb3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3da;
$custom-light: #86c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71738,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3DA

secondary

#DAA797

accent

#673DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3DA

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

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