#3B8ABA#3B8ABA

#3B8ABA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.106 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8ABA
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -8.62, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 33.29, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.055 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.106 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7516, 22.6498, 49.7758)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8ABA #BA6B3B

analogous

#3BBAAA #3B8ABA #3B4ABA

triadic

#3B8ABA #BA3B8A #8ABA3B

tetradic

#3B8ABA #AA3BBA #BA6B3B #4ABA3B

square

#3B8ABA #AA3BBA #BA6B3B #4ABA3B

split-complementary

#3B8ABA #BA3B4A #BAAA3B

monochromatic

#1E455D #2C688C #3B8ABA #64A6CE #93C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3B8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#3B8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8ABA

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8ABA	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)

#748ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.106 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faccf',
    500: '#3b8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8aba;
$custom-light: #7faccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.677,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60552,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8ABA

secondary

#C8A189

accent

#824DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8ABA

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

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