#3B8AC0#3B8AC0

#3B8AC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.112 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8AC0
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 192)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -6.57, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 35.76, 259.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.053 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.112 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4029, 22.9103, 53.2058)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8AC0 #C0713B

analogous

#3BC0B4 #3B8AC0 #3B48C0

triadic

#3B8AC0 #C03B8A #8AC03B

tetradic

#3B8AC0 #B43BC0 #C0713B #48C03B

square

#3B8AC0 #B43BC0 #C0713B #48C03B

split-complementary

#3B8AC0 #C03B48 #C0B43B

monochromatic

#1E4762 #2D6891 #3B8AC0 #68A6D1 #97C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3B8AC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3B8AC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8AC0

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8AC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8AC0	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.112 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd3',
    500: '#3b8ac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ac0;
$custom-light: #80acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.361,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60855,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8AC0

secondary

#CAA68C

accent

#864BDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8AC0

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

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