#3B85AD#3B85AD

#3B85AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.095 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B85AD
RGB	rgb(59, 133, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -10.17, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 29.72, 249.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0542 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.095 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7311, 20.7201, 42.5920)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B85AD #AD633B

analogous

#3BAD9C #3B85AD #3B4CAD

triadic

#3B85AD #AD3B85 #85AD3B

tetradic

#3B85AD #9C3BAD #AD633B #4CAD3B

square

#3B85AD #9C3BAD #AD633B #4CAD3B

split-complementary

#3B85AD #AD3B4C #AD9C3B

monochromatic

#1C3F52 #2B627F #3B85AD #5DA2C8 #8BBDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#3B85AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#3B85AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B85AD

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B85AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B85AD	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7284AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b85ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 133, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.095 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da8c5',
    500: '#3b85ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b85ad;
$custom-light: #7da8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b85ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.053,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58724,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B85AD

secondary

#C29882

accent

#7F4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B85AD

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

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