#3DB4E0#3DB4E0

#3DB4E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3DB4E0
RGB	rgb(61, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -18.62, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 36.64, 239.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0822 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.121 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6948, 39.0127, 76.3663)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3DB4E0 #E0693D

analogous

#3DE0BA #3DB4E0 #3D62E0

triadic

#3DB4E0 #E03DB4 #B4E03D

tetradic

#3DB4E0 #BA3DE0 #E0693D #62E03D

square

#3DB4E0 #BA3DE0 #E0693D #62E03D

split-complementary

#3DB4E0 #E03D62 #E0BA3D

monochromatic

#166C8C #1F95C1 #3DB4E0 #72C8E8 #A7DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3DB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#3DB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3DB4E0

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3DB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3DB4E0	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3db4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cae9',
    500: '#3db4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3db4e0;
$custom-light: #88cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3db4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.196,
    "s": 72.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3DB4E0

secondary

#DEAD9B

accent

#6A39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3DB4E0

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

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