#3BBAFF#3BBAFF

#3BBAFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.146 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAFF
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 255)
HSL	hsl(201, 100%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -11.75, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 45.32, 254.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0781 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.146 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4054, 43.2631, 100.9675)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAFF #FF803B

analogous

#3BFFE2 #3BBAFF #3B58FF

triadic

#3BBAFF #FF3BBA #BAFF3B

tetradic

#3BBAFF #E23BFF #FF803B #58FF3B

square

#3BBAFF #E23BFF #FF803B #58FF3B

split-complementary

#3BBAFF #FF3B58 #FFE23B

monochromatic

#007CC0 #00A4FD #3BBAFF #78D0FF #B5E5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#3BBAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#3BBAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAFF

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAFF	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99BAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.146 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceff',
    500: '#3bbaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbaff;
$custom-light: #8cceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.122,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75067,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAFF

secondary

#EFC0A6

accent

#5100E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FF

border

#CCD2D7

text

#0E1318

muted

#7E8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAFF

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

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