#3B8BB2#3B8BB2

#3B8BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.097 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BB2
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -11.89, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 30.10, 246.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0588 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.097 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0690, 22.6074, 45.4695)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BB2 #B2623B

analogous

#3BB29E #3B8BB2 #3B50B2

triadic

#3B8BB2 #B23B8B #8BB23B

tetradic

#3B8BB2 #9E3BB2 #B2623B #50B23B

square

#3B8BB2 #9E3BB2 #B2623B #50B23B

split-complementary

#3B8BB2 #B23B50 #B29E3B

monochromatic

#1D4356 #2C6784 #3B8BB2 #60A7CA #8EC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3B8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#3B8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BB2

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BB2	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.097 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc9',
    500: '#3b8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bb2;
$custom-light: #7eacc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.664,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60403,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BB2

secondary

#C49985

accent

#7C4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BB2

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

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