#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
RGB	rgb(59, 133, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -6.09, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 34.52, 259.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% -0.0501 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.108 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9448, 21.2056, 48.9842)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##3B85B9	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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