#3BBAE9#3BBAE9

#3BBAE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BBAE9
RGBrgb(59, 186, 233)
HSLhsl(196, 80%, 57%)
HSVhsv(196, 75%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(74.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.82, -19.07, -33.28)
CIE-LCHlch(70.82, 38.36, 240.19°)
OKLaboklab(74.04% -0.0855 -0.0934)
OKLCHoklch(74.04% 0.127 227.5)
XYZxyz(34.0645, 41.9267, 83.3723)
Luminance0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BBAE9 #E96A3B
analogous
#3BE9C1 #3BBAE9 #3B63E9
triadic
#3BBAE9 #E93BBA #BAE93B
tetradic
#3BBAE9 #C13BE9 #E96A3B #63E93B
square
#3BBAE9 #C13BE9 #E96A3B #63E93B
split-complementary
#3BBAE9 #E93B63 #E9C13B
monochromatic
#117498 #179ED0 #3BBAE9 #72CDEF #A9E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#3BBAE9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39
#3BBAE9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAE9
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BBAE9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BBAE91.002.249.399.39
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3921.001.001.00
##0000009.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B7EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA6E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bbae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 227.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cef0',
    500: '#3bbae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bbae9;
$custom-light: #89cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bbae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.207,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74039,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BBAE9
secondary
#E3B09D
accent
#6732F6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAE9

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#3BBAE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva