#3B85B9#3B85B9

#3B85B9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.108 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3B85B9
RGBrgb(59, 133, 185)
HSLhsl(205, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(53.17, -6.09, -33.98)
CIE-LCHlch(53.17, 34.52, 259.84°)
OKLaboklab(59.32% -0.0501 -0.0959)
OKLCHoklch(59.32% 0.108 242.4)
XYZxyz(18.9448, 21.2056, 48.9842)
Luminance0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3B85B9 #B96F3B
analogous
#3BB9AE #3B85B9 #3B46B9
triadic
#3B85B9 #B93B85 #85B93B
tetradic
#3B85B9 #AE3BB9 #B96F3B #46B93B
square
#3B85B9 #AE3BB9 #B96F3B #46B93B
split-complementary
#3B85B9 #B93B46 #B9AE3B
monochromatic
#1D425C #2C648B #3B85B9 #64A2CD #92BEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01
#3B85B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24
#3B85B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B85B9
5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3B85B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3B85B91.004.015.245.24
#FFFFFF4.011.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2421.001.001.00
##0000005.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D86BB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C7AB8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009297
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3b85b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 133, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.108 242.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa8ce',
    500: '#3b85b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3b85b9;
$custom-light: #7fa8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3b85b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.762,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59321,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3B85B9
secondary
#C7A288
accent
#874DDB
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#EFF4F9
border
#CACED2
text
#0B0F13
muted
#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B85B9

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#3B85B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva