#3BBDE2#3BBDE2

#3BBDE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDE2
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -22.87, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 36.57, 231.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0909 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.121 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7230, 42.8120, 78.4230)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDE2 #E2603B

analogous

#3BE2B3 #3BBDE2 #3B6AE2

triadic

#3BBDE2 #E23BBD #BDE23B

tetradic

#3BBDE2 #B33BE2 #E2603B #6AE23B

square

#3BBDE2 #B33BE2 #E2603B #6AE23B

split-complementary

#3BBDE2 #E23B6A #E2B33B

monochromatic

#15738E #1D9EC3 #3BBDE2 #70CFEA #A6E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#3BBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#3BBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDE2

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDE2	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)

#A7B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1eb',
    500: '#3bbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbde2;
$custom-light: #88d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.293,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74436,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDE2

secondary

#DFA99A

accent

#6037F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDE2

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

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