#3BBAE0#3BBAE0

#3BBAE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.120 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAE0
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -21.98, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 36.32, 232.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0888 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.12 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8115, 41.4255, 76.7732)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAE0 #E0613B

analogous

#3BE0B3 #3BBAE0 #3B67E0

triadic

#3BBAE0 #E03BBA #BAE03B

tetradic

#3BBAE0 #B33BE0 #E0613B #67E03B

square

#3BBAE0 #B33BE0 #E0613B #67E03B

split-complementary

#3BBAE0 #E03B67 #E0B33B

monochromatic

#16708B #1E9AC0 #3BBAE0 #70CDE8 #A5DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#3BBAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#3BBAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAE0

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAE0	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.120 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfe9',
    500: '#3bbae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbae0;
$custom-light: #88cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.818,
    "s": 72.687,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73646,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAE0

secondary

#DEA999

accent

#6338EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAE0

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

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