#3B85BD#3B85BD

#3B85BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.113 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B85BD
RGB	rgb(59, 133, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -4.71, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 36.29, 262.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0489 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.113 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3730, 21.3769, 51.2394)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B85BD #BD733B

analogous

#3BBDB4 #3B85BD #3B44BD

triadic

#3B85BD #BD3B85 #85BD3B

tetradic

#3B85BD #B43BBD #BD733B #44BD3B

square

#3B85BD #B43BBD #BD733B #44BD3B

split-complementary

#3B85BD #BD3B44 #BDB43B

monochromatic

#1E4360 #2C648E #3B85BD #66A2CF #95BEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3B85BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#3B85BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B85BD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B85BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B85BD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C86BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b85bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 133, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.113 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a8d1',
    500: '#3b85bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b85bd;
$custom-light: #80a8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b85bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59528,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B85BD

secondary

#C9A68B

accent

#8A4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B85BD

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

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