#3BBAD5#3BBAD5

#3BBAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BBAD5
RGBrgb(59, 186, 213)
HSLhsl(191, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(191, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.07, -25.46, -23.53)
CIE-LCHlch(70.07, 34.67, 222.75°)
OKLaboklab(73.19% -0.093 -0.0656)
OKLCHoklch(73.19% 0.114 215.2)
XYZxyz(31.3677, 40.8480, 69.1692)
Luminance0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BBAD5 #D5563B
analogous
#3BD5A3 #3BBAD5 #3B6DD5
triadic
#3BBAD5 #D53BBA #BAD53B
tetradic
#3BBAD5 #A33BD5 #D5563B #6DD53B
square
#3BBAD5 #A33BD5 #D5563B #6DD53B
split-complementary
#3BBAD5 #D53B6D #D5A33B
monochromatic
#1A6A7B #2596AE #3BBAD5 #6DCCE0 #A0DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#3BBAD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17
#3BBAD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAD5
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BBAD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BBAD51.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B4D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A5D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bbad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 215.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe2',
    500: '#3bbad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bbad5;
$custom-light: #86cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bbad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.519,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BBAD5
secondary
#D7A095
accent
#5D40E8
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAD5

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#3BBAD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva