#3B82D6#3B82D6

#3B82D6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.147 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B82D6
RGB	rgb(59, 130, 214)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(213, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 39.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 5.94, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 49.90, 276.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0393 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.147 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9194, 21.7477, 66.6478)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B82D6 #D68F3B

analogous

#3BD0D6 #3B82D6 #413BD6

triadic

#3B82D6 #D63B82 #82D63B

tetradic

#3B82D6 #D63BD0 #D68F3B #3BD641

square

#3B82D6 #D63BD0 #D68F3B #3BD641

split-complementary

#3B82D6 #D6413B #D0D63B

monochromatic

#1A477D #2564AF #3B82D6 #6EA2E1 #A0C3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#3B82D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#3B82D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B82D6

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B82D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B82D6	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B88D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b82d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 130, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.147 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a5e3',
    500: '#3b82d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b82d6;
$custom-light: #84a5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b82d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.516,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60256,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B82D6

secondary

#D8B995

accent

#9B3FE8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B82D6

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

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