#3DB5CD#3DB5CD

#3DB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3DB5CD
RGB	rgb(61, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -25.17, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 33.28, 220.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0904 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.109 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4631, 38.4442, 63.6135)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3DB5CD #CD553D

analogous

#3DCD9D #3DB5CD #3D6DCD

triadic

#3DB5CD #CD3DB5 #B5CD3D

tetradic

#3DB5CD #9D3DCD #CD553D #6DCD3D

square

#3DB5CD #9D3DCD #CD553D #6DCD3D

split-complementary

#3DB5CD #CD3D6D #CD9D3D

monochromatic

#1D6472 #2A8FA3 #3DB5CD #6EC8DA #9EDAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3DB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#3DB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3DB5CD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3DB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3DB5CD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3db5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbdc',
    500: '#3db5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3db5cd;
$custom-light: #85cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3db5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7172,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3DB5CD

secondary

#D29E93

accent

#6046E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3DB5CD

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

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