#3B8ACE#3B8ACE

#3B8ACE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.129 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8ACE
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -1.69, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 42.07, 267.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0488 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.129 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0285, 23.5606, 61.7672)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8ACE #CE7F3B

analogous

#3BCEC8 #3B8ACE #3B41CE

triadic

#3B8ACE #CE3B8A #8ACE3B

tetradic

#3B8ACE #C83BCE #CE7F3B #41CE3B

square

#3B8ACE #C83BCE #CE7F3B #41CE3B

split-complementary

#3B8ACE #CE3B41 #CEC83B

monochromatic

#1D4B72 #296AA3 #3B8ACE #6CA7DA #9DC4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3B8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#3B8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8ACE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8ACE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.129 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abdd',
    500: '#3b8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ace;
$custom-light: #82abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.755,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61598,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8ACE

secondary

#D3B092

accent

#8E45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8ACE

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

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