#3B8AC3#3B8AC3

#3B8AC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.116 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8AC3
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -5.53, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 37.05, 261.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.052 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.116 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7387, 23.0446, 54.9743)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8AC3 #C3743B

analogous

#3BC3B8 #3B8AC3 #3B46C3

triadic

#3B8AC3 #C33B8A #8AC33B

tetradic

#3B8AC3 #B83BC3 #C3743B #46C33B

square

#3B8AC3 #B83BC3 #C3743B #46C33B

split-complementary

#3B8AC3 #C33B46 #C3B83B

monochromatic

#1F4765 #2D6994 #3B8AC3 #69A6D2 #98C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3B8AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3B8AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8AC3

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8AC3	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.116 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd5',
    500: '#3b8ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ac3;
$custom-light: #81acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6101,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8AC3

secondary

#CCA88E

accent

#884BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8AC3

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

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