#3BB4CE#3BB4CE

#3BB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4CE
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -24.62, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 33.56, 222.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0899 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.11 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2608, 38.0251, 64.1780)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4CE #CE553B

analogous

#3BCE9E #3BB4CE #3B6BCE

triadic

#3BB4CE #CE3BB4 #B4CE3B

tetradic

#3BB4CE #9E3BCE #CE553B #6BCE3B

square

#3BB4CE #9E3BCE #CE553B #6BCE3B

split-complementary

#3BB4CE #CE3B6B #CE9E3B

monochromatic

#1D6372 #298DA3 #3BB4CE #6CC7DA #9DD9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3BB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3BB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4CE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4CE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cadd',
    500: '#3bb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4ce;
$custom-light: #85cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4CE

secondary

#D39E92

accent

#6145E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4CE

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

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