#3BBAD6#3BBAD6

#3BBAD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAD6
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -25.15, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 34.78, 223.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0926 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.114 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4950, 40.8989, 69.8397)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAD6 #D6573B

analogous

#3BD6A5 #3BBAD6 #3B6CD6

triadic

#3BBAD6 #D63BBA #BAD63B

tetradic

#3BBAD6 #A53BD6 #D6573B #6CD63B

square

#3BBAD6 #A53BD6 #D6573B #6CD63B

split-complementary

#3BBAD6 #D63B6C #D6A53B

monochromatic

#1A6B7D #2596AF #3BBAD6 #6ECCE1 #A0DEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3BBAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#3BBAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAD6

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAD6	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe2',
    500: '#3bbad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbad6;
$custom-light: #86cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.839,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAD6

secondary

#D8A195

accent

#5E3FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAD6

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

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