#3BBCE2#3BBCE2

#3BBCE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCE2
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -22.36, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 36.61, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.09 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.121 222)
XYZ	xyz(33.5086, 42.3832, 78.3515)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCE2 #E2613B

analogous

#3BE2B5 #3BBCE2 #3B68E2

triadic

#3BBCE2 #E23BBC #BCE23B

tetradic

#3BBCE2 #B53BE2 #E2613B #68E23B

square

#3BBCE2 #B53BE2 #E2613B #68E23B

split-complementary

#3BBCE2 #E23B68 #E2B53B

monochromatic

#15728E #1D9DC3 #3BBCE2 #70CEEA #A6E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#3BBCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#3BBCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCE2

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCE2	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0eb',
    500: '#3bbce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbce2;
$custom-light: #88d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.653,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74201,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.42387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCE2

secondary

#DFAA9A

accent

#6137F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCE2

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

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