#3BB8D5#3BB8D5

#3BB8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB8D5
RGB	rgb(59, 184, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -24.45, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 34.57, 224.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0911 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.114 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9493, 40.0112, 69.0297)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB8D5 #D5583B

analogous

#3BD5A5 #3BB8D5 #3B6BD5

triadic

#3BB8D5 #D53BB8 #B8D53B

tetradic

#3BB8D5 #A53BD5 #D5583B #6BD53B

square

#3BB8D5 #A53BD5 #D5583B #6BD53B

split-complementary

#3BB8D5 #D53B6B #D5A53B

monochromatic

#1A697B #2594AE #3BB8D5 #6DCAE0 #A0DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3BB8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#3BB8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB8D5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB8D5	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 184, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cde2',
    500: '#3bb8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb8d5;
$custom-light: #86cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.299,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB8D5

secondary

#D7A195

accent

#6040E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB8D5

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

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