#3BCDFF#3BCDFF

#3BCDFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.137 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDFF
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -21.71, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 41.46, 238.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0952 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.137 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6775, 51.8074, 102.3916)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDFF #FF6D3B

analogous

#3BFFCF #3BCDFF #3B6BFF

triadic

#3BCDFF #FF3BCD #CDFF3B

tetradic

#3BCDFF #CF3BFF #FF6D3B #6BFF3B

square

#3BCDFF #CF3BFF #FF6D3B #6BFF3B

split-complementary

#3BCDFF #FF3B6B #FFCF3B

monochromatic

#008FC0 #00BCFD #3BCDFF #78DDFF #B5ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#3BCDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#3BCDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDFF

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDFF	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B6FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.137 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddcff',
    500: '#3bcdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdff;
$custom-light: #8ddcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79402,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDFF

secondary

#BD4921

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0E1518

muted

#7F8486

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDFF

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

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