#3BBCE3#3BBCE3

#3BBCE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCE3
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -22.04, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 36.81, 233.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0896 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.122 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6462, 42.4383, 79.0763)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCE3 #E3623B

analogous

#3BE3B6 #3BBCE3 #3B68E3

triadic

#3BBCE3 #E33BBC #BCE33B

tetradic

#3BBCE3 #B63BE3 #E3623B #68E33B

square

#3BBCE3 #B63BE3 #E3623B #68E33B

split-complementary

#3BBCE3 #E33B68 #E3B63B

monochromatic

#14738F #1C9EC5 #3BBCE3 #71CEEB #A6E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#3BBCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#3BBCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCE3

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCE3	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0ec',
    500: '#3bbce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbce3;
$custom-light: #88d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCE3

secondary

#E0AA9A

accent

#6236F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCE3

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

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