#3B85AE#3B85AE

#3B85AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B85AE
RGB	rgb(59, 133, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -9.84, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 30.08, 250.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0539 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.096 236)
XYZ	xyz(17.8282, 20.7590, 43.1035)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B85AE #AE643B

analogous

#3BAE9D #3B85AE #3B4CAE

triadic

#3B85AE #AE3B85 #85AE3B

tetradic

#3B85AE #9D3BAE #AE643B #4CAE3B

square

#3B85AE #9D3BAE #AE643B #4CAE3B

split-complementary

#3B85AE #AE3B4C #AE9D3B

monochromatic

#1C3F53 #2C6280 #3B85AE #5EA2C8 #8CBDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#3B85AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#3B85AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B85AE

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B85AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B85AE	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7284B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b85ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 133, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da8c6',
    500: '#3b85ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b85ae;
$custom-light: #7da8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b85ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.391,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58772,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.20761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B85AE

secondary

#C29982

accent

#804FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B85AE

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

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