#3BBCE9#3BBCE9

#3BBCE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCE9
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -20.10, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 38.12, 238.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0874 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.126 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4888, 42.7753, 83.5138)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCE9 #E9683B

analogous

#3BE9BF #3BBCE9 #3B65E9

triadic

#3BBCE9 #E93BBC #BCE93B

tetradic

#3BBCE9 #BF3BE9 #E9683B #65E93B

square

#3BBCE9 #BF3BE9 #E9683B #65E93B

split-complementary

#3BBCE9 #E93B65 #E9BF3B

monochromatic

#117598 #17A0D0 #3BBCE9 #72CFEF #A9E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#3BBCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#3BBCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCE9

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCE9	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0f0',
    500: '#3bbce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbce9;
$custom-light: #89d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74504,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCE9

secondary

#E3AF9D

accent

#6432F6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCE9

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

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