#3B80D6#3B80D6

#3B80D6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.149 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B80D6
RGB	rgb(59, 128, 214)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(213, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 40.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 7.15, -50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 50.95, 278.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0375 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.149 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6559, 21.2208, 66.5600)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B80D6 #D6913B

analogous

#3BCED6 #3B80D6 #433BD6

triadic

#3B80D6 #D63B80 #80D63B

tetradic

#3B80D6 #D63BCE #D6913B #3BD643

square

#3B80D6 #D63BCE #D6913B #3BD643

split-complementary

#3B80D6 #D6433B #CED63B

monochromatic

#1A467D #2562AF #3B80D6 #6EA1E1 #A0C2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#3B80D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#3B80D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B80D6

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B80D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B80D6	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5787D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E78D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b80d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 128, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.149 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a4e3',
    500: '#3b80d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b80d6;
$custom-light: #84a4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b80d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.29,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59814,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B80D6

secondary

#D8BA95

accent

#9D3FE8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F3FB

border

#CBCDD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B80D6

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

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