#3BBDEA#3BBDEA

#3BBDEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDEA
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -20.30, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 38.25, 237.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.088 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.127 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8464, 43.2613, 84.3397)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDEA #EA683B

analogous

#3BEAC0 #3BBDEA #3B65EA

triadic

#3BBDEA #EA3BBD #BDEA3B

tetradic

#3BBDEA #C03BEA #EA683B #65EA3B

square

#3BBDEA #C03BEA #EA683B #65EA3B

split-complementary

#3BBDEA #EA3B65 #EAC03B

monochromatic

#11779A #16A1D1 #3BBDEA #72D0F0 #AAE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#3BBDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#3BBDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDEA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDEA	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1f1',
    500: '#3bbdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdea;
$custom-light: #89d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74781,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDEA

secondary

#E4AF9D

accent

#6431F7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDEA

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

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