#3BB6DA#3BB6DA

#3BB6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB6DA
RGB	rgb(59, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -21.85, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 35.35, 231.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0872 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.117 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1812, 39.4440, 72.2862)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB6DA #DA5F3B

analogous

#3BDAAF #3BB6DA #3B67DA

triadic

#3BB6DA #DA3BB6 #B6DA3B

tetradic

#3BB6DA #AF3BDA #DA5F3B #67DA3B

square

#3BB6DA #AF3BDA #DA5F3B #67DA3B

split-complementary

#3BB6DA #DA3B67 #DAAF3B

monochromatic

#196A82 #2294B6 #3BB6DA #6EC9E4 #A2DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3BB6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#3BB6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB6DA

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB6DA	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cce5',
    500: '#3bb6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb6da;
$custom-light: #86cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72446,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB6DA

secondary

#DAA697

accent

#643DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB6DA

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

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