#3DB9E1#3DB9E1

#3DB9E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3DB9E1
RGB	rgb(61, 185, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -20.90, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 36.39, 234.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0866 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.12 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8584, 41.1224, 77.4252)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3DB9E1 #E1653D

analogous

#3DE1B7 #3DB9E1 #3D67E1

triadic

#3DB9E1 #E13DB9 #B9E13D

tetradic

#3DB9E1 #B73DE1 #E1653D #67E13D

square

#3DB9E1 #B73DE1 #E1653D #67E13D

split-complementary

#3DB9E1 #E13D67 #E1B73D

monochromatic

#16708E #1E9BC3 #3DB9E1 #72CCE9 #A7DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#3DB9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#3DB9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3DB9E1

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3DB9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3DB9E1	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3db9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 185, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ceea',
    500: '#3db9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3db9e1;
$custom-light: #88ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3db9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 73.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3DB9E1

secondary

#DFAC9B

accent

#6538F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3DB9E1

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

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