#3B8BB7#3B8BB7

#3B8BB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.102 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BB7
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -10.21, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 31.86, 251.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.057 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.102 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5802, 22.8118, 48.1618)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BB7 #B7673B

analogous

#3BB7A5 #3B8BB7 #3B4DB7

triadic

#3B8BB7 #B73B8B #8BB73B

tetradic

#3B8BB7 #A53BB7 #B7673B #4DB73B

square

#3B8BB7 #A53BB7 #B7673B #4DB73B

split-complementary

#3B8BB7 #B73B4D #B7A53B

monochromatic

#1D455A #2C6889 #3B8BB7 #63A7CD #91C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3B8BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#3B8BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BB7

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BB7	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.102 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faccc',
    500: '#3b8bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bb7;
$custom-light: #7faccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60642,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BB7

secondary

#C69E87

accent

#7F4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BB7

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

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