#3B8BBD#3B8BBD

#3B8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.108 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BBD
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -8.17, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 34.18, 256.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.055 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.108 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2180, 23.0670, 51.5211)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BBD #BD6D3B

analogous

#3BBDAE #3B8BBD #3B4ABD

triadic

#3B8BBD #BD3B8B #8BBD3B

tetradic

#3B8BBD #AE3BBD #BD6D3B #4ABD3B

square

#3B8BBD #AE3BBD #BD6D3B #4ABD3B

split-complementary

#3B8BBD #BD3B4A #BDAE3B

monochromatic

#1E4660 #2C698E #3B8BBD #66A7CF #95C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3B8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3B8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BBD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BBD	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.108 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd1',
    500: '#3b8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bbd;
$custom-light: #80acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60938,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BBD

secondary

#C9A38B

accent

#834CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BBD

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

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