#3B85D8#3B85D8

#3B85D8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.146 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B85D8
RGB	rgb(59, 133, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(212, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 38.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 4.84, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 49.37, 275.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0415 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.146 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5812, 22.6602, 68.1362)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B85D8 #D88E3B

analogous

#3BD4D8 #3B85D8 #403BD8

triadic

#3B85D8 #D83B85 #85D83B

tetradic

#3B85D8 #D83BD4 #D88E3B #3BD840

square

#3B85D8 #D83BD4 #D88E3B #3BD840

split-complementary

#3B85D8 #D8403B #D4D83B

monochromatic

#19497F #2367B2 #3B85D8 #6EA5E2 #A1C5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3B85D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#3B85D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B85D8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B85D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B85D8	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b85d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 133, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.146 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8e4',
    500: '#3b85d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b85d8;
$custom-light: #84a8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b85d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.72,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61042,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B85D8

secondary

#D9B996

accent

#993EEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B85D8

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

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