#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
RGBrgb(59, 138, 218)
HSLhsl(210, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(210, 73%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(72.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(56.25, 2.57, -47.82)
CIE-LCHlch(56.25, 47.89, 273.08°)
OKLaboklab(62.28% -0.0456 -0.1362)
OKLCHoklch(62.28% 0.144 251.5)
XYZxyz(23.5423, 24.1661, 69.7398)
Luminance0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##3B8ADA1.003.605.835.83
#FFFFFF3.601.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8321.001.001.00
##0000005.8321.001.001.00

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

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#3B8ADA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva