#3BBAD4#3BBAD4

#3BBAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAD4
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -25.77, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 34.57, 221.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0934 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.113 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2412, 40.7974, 68.5028)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAD4 #D4553B

analogous

#3BD4A1 #3BBAD4 #3B6DD4

triadic

#3BBAD4 #D43BBA #BAD43B

tetradic

#3BBAD4 #A13BD4 #D4553B #6DD43B

square

#3BBAD4 #A13BD4 #D4553B #6DD43B

split-complementary

#3BBAD4 #D43B6D #D4A13B

monochromatic

#1B6A7A #2695AC #3BBAD4 #6DCCDF #9FDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3BBAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#3BBAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAD4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAD4	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe1',
    500: '#3bbad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbad4;
$custom-light: #86cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAD4

secondary

#D6A094

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAD4

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

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