#3BBCE7#3BBCE7

#3BBCE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.125 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCE7
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -20.75, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 37.65, 236.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0881 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.125 225)
XYZ	xyz(34.2047, 42.6617, 82.0176)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCE7 #E7663B

analogous

#3BE7BC #3BBCE7 #3B66E7

triadic

#3BBCE7 #E73BBC #BCE73B

tetradic

#3BBCE7 #BC3BE7 #E7663B #66E73B

square

#3BBCE7 #BC3BE7 #E7663B #66E73B

split-complementary

#3BBCE7 #E73B66 #E7BC3B

monochromatic

#127595 #199FCC #3BBCE7 #72CFEE #A8E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#3BBCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#3BBCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCE7

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCE7	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.125 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0ee',
    500: '#3bbce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbce7;
$custom-light: #89d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74417,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.42666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCE7

secondary

#E2AD9C

accent

#6433F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCE7

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

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