#3B86B3#3B86B3

#3B86B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.101 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B86B3
RGB	rgb(59, 134, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 25.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -8.72, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 31.72, 254.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0532 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.101 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4623, 21.2327, 45.7644)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B86B3 #B3683B

analogous

#3BB3A4 #3B86B3 #3B4AB3

triadic

#3B86B3 #B33B86 #86B33B

tetradic

#3B86B3 #A43BB3 #B3683B #4AB33B

square

#3B86B3 #A43BB3 #B3683B #4AB33B

split-complementary

#3B86B3 #B33B4A #B3A43B

monochromatic

#1D4157 #2C6485 #3B86B3 #60A3CB #8EBEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#3B86B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#3B86B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B86B3

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B86B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B86B3	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7186B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b86b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 134, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.101 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea9ca',
    500: '#3b86b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b86b3;
$custom-light: #7ea9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b86b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59255,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B86B3

secondary

#C59D85

accent

#824EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B86B3

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

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