#3BC2DE#3BC2DE

#3BC2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC2DE
RGB	rgb(59, 194, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -26.65, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 36.09, 222.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0972 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.119 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2746, 44.7832, 75.9307)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC2DE #DE573B

analogous

#3BDEA9 #3BC2DE #3B70DE

triadic

#3BC2DE #DE3BC2 #C2DE3B

tetradic

#3BC2DE #A93BDE #DE573B #70DE3B

square

#3BC2DE #A93BDE #DE573B #70DE3B

split-complementary

#3BC2DE #DE3B70 #DEA93B

monochromatic

#177488 #20A1BC #3BC2DE #6FD2E7 #A4E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#3BC2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC2DE

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC2DE	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 194, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4e8',
    500: '#3bc2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc2de;
$custom-light: #88d4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.307,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75451,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC2DE

secondary

#DDA498

accent

#593AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC2DE

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

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