#3BBDDB#3BBDDB

#3BBDDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDDB
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -25.09, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 35.51, 225.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0936 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.117 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7820, 42.4356, 73.4673)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDDB #DB593B

analogous

#3BDBA9 #3BBDDB #3B6DDB

triadic

#3BBDDB #DB3BBD #BDDB3B

tetradic

#3BBDDB #A93BDB #DB593B #6DDB3B

square

#3BBDDB #A93BDB #DB593B #6DDB3B

split-complementary

#3BBDDB #DB3B6D #DBA93B

monochromatic

#186F83 #229BB7 #3BBDDB #6FCEE4 #A2E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#3BBDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#3BBDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDDB

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#A9B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1e6',
    500: '#3bbddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbddb;
$custom-light: #87d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74145,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDDB

secondary

#DBA497

accent

#5D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDDB

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

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