#3BB8D3#3BB8D3

#3BB8D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8D3
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -25.08, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 34.34, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0918 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.113 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6970, 39.9103, 67.7010)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8D3 #D3563B

analogous

#3BD3A2 #3BB8D3 #3B6CD3

triadic

#3BB8D3 #D33BB8 #B8D33B

tetradic

#3BB8D3 #A23BD3 #D3563B #6CD33B

square

#3BB8D3 #A23BD3 #D3563B #6CD33B

split-complementary

#3BB8D3 #D33B6C #D3A23B

monochromatic

#1B6879 #2693AB #3BB8D3 #6DCADE #9FDCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BB8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#3BB8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8D3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8D3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cde0',
    500: '#3bb8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8d3;
$custom-light: #86cde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.658,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8D3

secondary

#D6A094

accent

#5F41E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8D3

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

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