#3BB6D4#3BB6D4

#3BB6D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6D4
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -23.75, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 34.38, 226.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0895 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.113 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4103, 39.1356, 68.2258)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6D4 #D4593B

analogous

#3BD4A6 #3BB6D4 #3B69D4

triadic

#3BB6D4 #D43BB6 #B6D43B

tetradic

#3BB6D4 #A63BD4 #D4593B #69D43B

square

#3BB6D4 #A63BD4 #D4593B #69D43B

split-complementary

#3BB6D4 #D43B69 #D4A63B

monochromatic

#1B677A #2692AC #3BB6D4 #6DC9DF #9FDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3BB6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#3BB6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6D4

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6D4	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cce1',
    500: '#3bb6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6d4;
$custom-light: #86cce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6D4

secondary

#D6A194

accent

#6141E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6D4

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

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