#3DB5E0#3DB5E0

#3DB5E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3DB5E0
RGB	rgb(61, 181, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -19.14, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 36.52, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0831 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.12 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8974, 39.4179, 76.4339)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3DB5E0 #E0683D

analogous

#3DE0B9 #3DB5E0 #3D63E0

triadic

#3DB5E0 #E03DB5 #B5E03D

tetradic

#3DB5E0 #B93DE0 #E0683D #63E03D

square

#3DB5E0 #B93DE0 #E0683D #63E03D

split-complementary

#3DB5E0 #E03D63 #E0B93D

monochromatic

#166D8C #1F96C1 #3DB5E0 #72C9E8 #A7DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3DB5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3DB5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3DB5E0

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3DB5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3DB5E0	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3db5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 181, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbe9',
    500: '#3db5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3db5e0;
$custom-light: #88cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3db5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 72.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7252,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3DB5E0

secondary

#DEAC9B

accent

#6939EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3DB5E0

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

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