#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
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -25.46, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 34.67, 222.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.093 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.114 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3677, 40.8480, 69.1692)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##3BBAD5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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