#3B85BC#3B85BC

#3B85BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.112 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B85BC
RGB	rgb(59, 133, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 29.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -5.06, -35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 35.84, 261.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0492 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.112 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2648, 21.3336, 50.6697)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B85BC #BC723B

analogous

#3BBCB2 #3B85BC #3B45BC

triadic

#3B85BC #BC3B85 #85BC3B

tetradic

#3B85BC #B23BBC #BC723B #45BC3B

square

#3B85BC #B23BBC #BC723B #45BC3B

split-complementary

#3B85BC #BC3B45 #BCB23B

monochromatic

#1E435F #2C648D #3B85BC #65A2CF #94BEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#3B85BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#3B85BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B85BC

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B85BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B85BC	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C86BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b85bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 133, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.112 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa8d0',
    500: '#3b85bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b85bc;
$custom-light: #7fa8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b85bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.581,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59476,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B85BC

secondary

#C9A58A

accent

#894CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B85BC

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

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