#3BBBE9#3BBBE9

#3BBBE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBBE9
RGB	rgb(59, 187, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -19.59, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 38.23, 239.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0864 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.126 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2759, 42.3496, 83.4428)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBBE9 #E9693B

analogous

#3BE9C0 #3BBBE9 #3B64E9

triadic

#3BBBE9 #E93BBB #BBE93B

tetradic

#3BBBE9 #C03BE9 #E9693B #64E93B

square

#3BBBE9 #C03BE9 #E9693B #64E93B

split-complementary

#3BBBE9 #E93B64 #E9C03B

monochromatic

#117598 #179FD0 #3BBBE9 #72CEEF #A9E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#3BBBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#3BBBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBBE9

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBBE9	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 187, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cff0',
    500: '#3bbbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbbe9;
$custom-light: #89cff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.862,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBBE9

secondary

#E3AF9D

accent

#6632F6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBBE9

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

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