#3B85C8#3B85C8

#3B85C8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.126 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3B85C8
RGBrgb(59, 133, 200)
HSLhsl(209, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(209, 71%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(53.89, -0.86, -41.41)
CIE-LCHlch(53.89, 41.42, 268.82°)
OKLaboklab(60.12% -0.0456 -0.1175)
OKLCHoklch(60.12% 0.126 248.8)
XYZxyz(20.6126, 21.8727, 57.7679)
Luminance0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3B85C8 #C87E3B
analogous
#3BC8C5 #3B85C8 #3B3EC8
triadic
#3B85C8 #C83B85 #85C83B
tetradic
#3B85C8 #C53BC8 #C87E3B #3EC83B
square
#3B85C8 #C53BC8 #C87E3B #3EC83B
split-complementary
#3B85C8 #C83B3E #C8C53B
monochromatic
#1E466B #2B669A #3B85C8 #6BA3D5 #9BC0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91
#3B85C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37
#3B85C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B85C8
5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3B85C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3B85C81.003.915.375.37
#FFFFFF3.911.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3721.001.001.00
##0000005.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6788CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#537BC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00959D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3b85c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 133, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.126 248.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8d9',
    500: '#3b85c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3b85c8;
$custom-light: #81a8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3b85c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.511,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60122,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3B85C8
secondary
#CFAE90
accent
#9048DF
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0C0F14
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B85C8

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#3B85C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva