#3BBDDA#3BBDDA

#3BBDDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.116 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDDA
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -25.40, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 35.38, 224.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.094 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.116 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6508, 42.3831, 72.7760)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDDA #DA583B

analogous

#3BDAA7 #3BBDDA #3B6EDA

triadic

#3BBDDA #DA3BBD #BDDA3B

tetradic

#3BBDDA #A73BDA #DA583B #6EDA3B

square

#3BBDDA #A73BDA #DA583B #6EDA3B

split-complementary

#3BBDDA #DA3B6E #DAA73B

monochromatic

#196F82 #229BB6 #3BBDDA #6ECEE4 #A2E0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#3BBDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#3BBDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDDA

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDDA	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)

#A9B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.116 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1e5',
    500: '#3bbdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdda;
$custom-light: #87d1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.943,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74104,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDDA

secondary

#DAA397

accent

#5D3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDDA

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

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