#3B879D#3B879D

#3B879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.081 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B879D
RGB	rgb(59, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, -16.52, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 24.97, 228.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0625 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.081 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5510, 20.6904, 35.0132)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B879D #9D513B

analogous

#3B9D82 #3B879D #3B569D

triadic

#3B879D #9D3B87 #879D3B

tetradic

#3B879D #823B9D #9D513B #569D3B

square

#3B879D #823B9D #9D513B #569D3B

split-complementary

#3B879D #9D3B56 #9D823B

monochromatic

#1A3B44 #2A6171 #3B879D #56A8BF #82BFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#3B879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#3B879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B879D

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B879D	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79849E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.081 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baaba',
    500: '#3b879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b879d;
$custom-light: #7baaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58484,
    "c": 0.08137,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B879D

secondary

#BA887A

accent

#7053D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B879D

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

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