#3B8AC5#3B8AC5

#3B8AC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.118 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8AC5
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -4.84, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 37.94, 262.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0514 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.118 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9663, 23.1357, 56.1732)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8AC5 #C5763B

analogous

#3BC5BB #3B8AC5 #3B45C5

triadic

#3B8AC5 #C53B8A #8AC53B

tetradic

#3B8AC5 #BB3BC5 #C5763B #45C53B

square

#3B8AC5 #BB3BC5 #C5763B #45C53B

split-complementary

#3B8AC5 #C53B45 #C5BB3B

monochromatic

#1F4867 #2C6996 #3B8AC5 #6AA6D3 #99C2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3B8AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3B8AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8AC5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8AC5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.118 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abd7',
    500: '#3b8ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ac5;
$custom-light: #81abd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.652,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61115,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8AC5

secondary

#CDA98F

accent

#894ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8AC5

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

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