#3BBCEA#3BBCEA

#3BBCEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCEA
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -19.78, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 38.36, 238.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.087 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.127 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6320, 42.8326, 84.2682)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCEA #EA693B

analogous

#3BEAC0 #3BBCEA #3B65EA

triadic

#3BBCEA #EA3BBC #BCEA3B

tetradic

#3BBCEA #C03BEA #EA693B #65EA3B

square

#3BBCEA #C03BEA #EA693B #65EA3B

split-complementary

#3BBCEA #EA3B65 #EAC03B

monochromatic

#11769A #16A0D1 #3BBCEA #72CFF0 #AAE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#3BBCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#3BBCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCEA

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCEA	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0f1',
    500: '#3bbcea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcea;
$custom-light: #89d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.771,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCEA

secondary

#E4B09D

accent

#6531F7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCEA

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

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