#3B8AAE#3B8AAE

#3B8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.094 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8AAE
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -12.66, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 29.00, 244.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0592 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.094 231)
XYZ	xyz(18.5291, 22.1608, 43.3371)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8AAE #AE5F3B

analogous

#3BAE98 #3B8AAE #3B50AE

triadic

#3B8AAE #AE3B8A #8AAE3B

tetradic

#3B8AAE #983BAE #AE5F3B #50AE3B

square

#3B8AAE #983BAE #AE5F3B #50AE3B

split-complementary

#3B8AAE #AE3B50 #AE983B

monochromatic

#1C4253 #2C6680 #3B8AAE #5EA7C8 #8CC0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#3B8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#3B8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8AAE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8AAE	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.094 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc6',
    500: '#3b8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8aae;
$custom-light: #7eacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.783,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59975,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.22163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8AAE

secondary

#C29682

accent

#7A4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8AAE

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

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