#3B8ACC#3B8ACC

#3B8ACC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.126 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8ACC
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 204)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 32.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -2.39, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 41.13, 266.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0493 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.126 247)
XYZ	xyz(21.7871, 23.4640, 60.4958)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8ACC #CC7D3B

analogous

#3BCCC5 #3B8ACC #3B42CC

triadic

#3B8ACC #CC3B8A #8ACC3B

tetradic

#3B8ACC #C53BCC #CC7D3B #42CC3B

square

#3B8ACC #C53BCC #CC7D3B #42CC3B

split-complementary

#3B8ACC #CC3B42 #CCC53B

monochromatic

#1D4A70 #2A6AA0 #3B8ACC #6CA7D9 #9CC4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3B8ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#3B8ACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8ACC

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8ACC	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.126 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abdc',
    500: '#3b8acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8acc;
$custom-light: #82abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.31,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61489,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.23466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8ACC

secondary

#D1AF92

accent

#8D46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8ACC

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

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