#3B8AC7#3B8AC7

#3B8AC7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.120 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8AC7
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 199)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 30.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -4.14, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 38.83, 263.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0508 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.12 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1970, 23.2280, 57.3881)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8AC7 #C7783B

analogous

#3BC7BE #3B8AC7 #3B44C7

triadic

#3B8AC7 #C73B8A #8AC73B

tetradic

#3B8AC7 #BE3BC7 #C7783B #44C73B

square

#3B8AC7 #BE3BC7 #C7783B #44C73B

split-complementary

#3B8AC7 #C73B44 #C7BE3B

monochromatic

#1E4969 #2C6999 #3B8AC7 #6BA6D5 #9AC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3B8AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3B8AC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8AC7

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8AC7	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.120 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abd8',
    500: '#3b8ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ac7;
$custom-light: #81abd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6122,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8AC7

secondary

#CEAB90

accent

#8A49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8AC7

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

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