#3B8ABB#3B8ABB

#3B8ABB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.107 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8ABB
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -8.28, -32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 33.69, 255.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0546 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.107 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8583, 22.6925, 50.3376)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8ABB #BB6C3B

analogous

#3BBBAC #3B8ABB #3B4ABB

triadic

#3B8ABB #BB3B8A #8ABB3B

tetradic

#3B8ABB #AC3BBB #BB6C3B #4ABB3B

square

#3B8ABB #AC3BBB #BB6C3B #4ABB3B

split-complementary

#3B8ABB #BB3B4A #BBAC3B

monochromatic

#1E455E #2C688C #3B8ABB #65A6CE #93C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#3B8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#3B8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8ABB

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8ABB	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.107 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faccf',
    500: '#3b8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8abb;
$custom-light: #7faccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.969,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60602,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8ABB

secondary

#C8A28A

accent

#834CDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8ABB

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

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