#3B8BC1#3B8BC1

#3B8BC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.113 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BC1
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 193)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 28%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, -6.80, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 35.84, 259.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0537 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.113 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6582, 23.2431, 53.8394)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BC1 #C1713B

analogous

#3BC1B4 #3B8BC1 #3B48C1

triadic

#3B8BC1 #C13B8B #8BC13B

tetradic

#3B8BC1 #B43BC1 #C1713B #48C13B

square

#3B8BC1 #B43BC1 #C1713B #48C13B

split-complementary

#3B8BC1 #C13B48 #C1B43B

monochromatic

#1E4763 #2D6992 #3B8BC1 #68A7D1 #97C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3B8BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3B8BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BC1

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BC1	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.113 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd4',
    500: '#3b8bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bc1;
$custom-light: #80acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61141,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BC1

secondary

#CBA68D

accent

#864BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BC1

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

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