#3BBDE0#3BBDE0

#3BBDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDE0
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -23.51, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 36.23, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0917 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.12 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4501, 42.7028, 76.9861)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDE0 #E05E3B

analogous

#3BE0B0 #3BBDE0 #3B6BE0

triadic

#3BBDE0 #E03BBD #BDE03B

tetradic

#3BBDE0 #B03BE0 #E05E3B #6BE03B

square

#3BBDE0 #B03BE0 #E05E3B #6BE03B

split-complementary

#3BBDE0 #E03B6B #E0B03B

monochromatic

#16728B #1E9DC0 #3BBDE0 #70CFE8 #A5E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#3BBDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#3BBDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDE0

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDE0	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1e9',
    500: '#3bbde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbde0;
$custom-light: #88d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 72.687,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74352,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDE0

secondary

#DEA899

accent

#5F38EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDE0

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

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