#3BB4D6#3BB4D6

#3BB4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4D6
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -22.10, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 34.69, 230.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0868 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.115 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2574, 38.4238, 69.4272)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4D6 #D65D3B

analogous

#3BD6AA #3BB4D6 #3B66D6

triadic

#3BB4D6 #D63BB4 #B4D63B

tetradic

#3BB4D6 #AA3BD6 #D65D3B #66D63B

square

#3BB4D6 #AA3BD6 #D65D3B #66D63B

split-complementary

#3BB4D6 #D63B66 #D6AA3B

monochromatic

#1A677D #2591AF #3BB4D6 #6EC7E1 #A0DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3BB4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#3BB4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4D6

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4D6	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cae2',
    500: '#3bb4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4d6;
$custom-light: #86cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.161,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71803,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4D6

secondary

#D8A495

accent

#643FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4D6

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

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