#3B8ADA#3B8ADA

#3B8ADA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.144 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8ADA
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 218)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 2.57, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 47.89, 273.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0456 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.144 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5423, 24.1661, 69.7398)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8ADA #DA8B3B

analogous

#3BD9DA #3B8ADA #3C3BDA

triadic

#3B8ADA #DA3B8A #8ADA3B

tetradic

#3B8ADA #DA3BD9 #DA8B3B #3BDA3C

square

#3B8ADA #DA3BD9 #DA8B3B #3BDA3C

split-complementary

#3B8ADA #DA3C3B #D9DA3B

monochromatic

#194D82 #226BB6 #3B8ADA #6EA9E4 #A2C7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#3B8ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#3B8ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8ADA

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8ADA	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#658FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.144 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abe6',
    500: '#3b8ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ada;
$custom-light: #85abe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.189,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62275,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8ADA

secondary

#DAB997

accent

#943DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8ADA

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

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