#3B8BBA#3B8BBA

#3B8BBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.105 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BBA
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -9.19, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 33.00, 253.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.056 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.105 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8957, 22.9381, 49.8238)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BBA #BA6A3B

analogous

#3BBAAA #3B8BBA #3B4BBA

triadic

#3B8BBA #BA3B8B #8BBA3B

tetradic

#3B8BBA #AA3BBA #BA6A3B #4BBA3B

square

#3B8BBA #AA3BBA #BA6A3B #4BBA3B

split-complementary

#3B8BBA #BA3B4B #BAAA3B

monochromatic

#1E465D #2C688C #3B8BBA #64A7CE #93C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3B8BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3B8BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BBA

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BBA	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.105 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faccf',
    500: '#3b8bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bba;
$custom-light: #7faccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.205,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60789,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BBA

secondary

#C8A089

accent

#814DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BBA

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

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