#3BC5EE#3BC5EE

#3BC5EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.127 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5EE
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -23.11, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 38.47, 233.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.094 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.127 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1961, 47.0309, 87.9898)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5EE #EE643B

analogous

#3BEEBD #3BC5EE #3B6BEE

triadic

#3BC5EE #EE3BC5 #C5EE3B

tetradic

#3BC5EE #BD3BEE #EE643B #6BEE3B

square

#3BC5EE #BD3BEE #EE643B #6BEE3B

split-complementary

#3BC5EE #EE3B6B #EEBD3B

monochromatic

#0E7FA1 #13ACD9 #3BC5EE #73D6F3 #ACE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#3BC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#3BC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5EE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5EE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.127 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6f3',
    500: '#3bc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5ee;
$custom-light: #8ad6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.743,
    "s": 84.038,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76818,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5EE

secondary

#E6AF9F

accent

#5C2DFA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5EE

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

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