#3B80DE#3B80DE

#3B80DE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.159 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B80DE
RGB	rgb(59, 128, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(215, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 42.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 10.05, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 55.15, 280.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0358 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.159 257)
XYZ	xyz(22.7028, 21.6395, 72.0734)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B80DE #DE993B

analogous

#3BD2DE #3B80DE #473BDE

triadic

#3B80DE #DE3B80 #80DE3B

tetradic

#3B80DE #DE3BD2 #DE993B #3BDE47

square

#3B80DE #DE3BD2 #DE993B #3BDE47

split-complementary

#3B80DE #DE473B #D2DE3B

monochromatic

#174788 #2062BC #3B80DE #6FA2E7 #A4C4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#3B80DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#3B80DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B80DE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B80DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B80DE	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5288E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3579DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b80de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 128, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.159 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a4e9',
    500: '#3b80de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b80de;
$custom-light: #85a4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b80de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.601,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60312,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.21642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B80DE

secondary

#DDC098

accent

#A23AEE

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F3FD

border

#CBCDD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B80DE

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

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