#3BBAE7#3BBAE7

#3BBAE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAE7
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -19.72, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 37.86, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0862 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.125 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7804, 41.8131, 81.8762)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAE7 #E7683B

analogous

#3BE7BE #3BBAE7 #3B64E7

triadic

#3BBAE7 #E73BBA #BAE73B

tetradic

#3BBAE7 #BE3BE7 #E7683B #64E73B

square

#3BBAE7 #BE3BE7 #E7683B #64E73B

split-complementary

#3BBAE7 #E73B64 #E7BE3B

monochromatic

#127395 #199DCC #3BBAE7 #72CDEE #A8E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#3BBAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#3BBAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAE7

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAE7	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ceee',
    500: '#3bbae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbae7;
$custom-light: #89ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.698,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAE7

secondary

#E2AE9C

accent

#6633F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAE7

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

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