#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
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -19.07, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 38.36, 240.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0855 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.127 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0645, 41.9267, 83.3723)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##3BBAE9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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