#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
RGB	rgb(59, 133, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -0.86, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 41.42, 268.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0456 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.126 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6126, 21.8727, 57.7679)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##3B85C8	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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