#3BB8D2#3BB8D2

#3BB8D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8D2
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -25.39, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 34.23, 222.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0922 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.112 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5721, 39.8603, 67.0428)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8D2 #D2553B

analogous

#3BD2A0 #3BB8D2 #3B6CD2

triadic

#3BB8D2 #D23BB8 #B8D23B

tetradic

#3BB8D2 #A03BD2 #D2553B #6CD23B

square

#3BB8D2 #A03BD2 #D2553B #6CD23B

split-complementary

#3BB8D2 #D23B6C #D2A03B

monochromatic

#1B6777 #2793A9 #3BB8D2 #6DCADD #9FDCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BB8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#3BB8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8D2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8D2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cddf',
    500: '#3bb8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8d2;
$custom-light: #86cddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.331,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72589,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8D2

secondary

#D59F94

accent

#5E42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8D2

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

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