#3B8BC2#3B8BC2

#3B8BC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.114 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3B8BC2
RGBrgb(59, 139, 194)
HSLhsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSVhsv(204, 70%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(55.37, -6.45, -35.68)
CIE-LCHlch(55.37, 36.26, 259.75°)
OKLaboklab(61.19% -0.0534 -0.1007)
OKLCHoklch(61.19% 0.114 242.1)
XYZxyz(20.7701, 23.2878, 54.4288)
Luminance0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3B8BC2 #C2723B
analogous
#3BC2B5 #3B8BC2 #3B48C2
triadic
#3B8BC2 #C23B8B #8BC23B
tetradic
#3B8BC2 #B53BC2 #C2723B #48C23B
square
#3B8BC2 #B53BC2 #C2723B #48C23B
split-complementary
#3B8BC2 #C23B48 #C2B53B
monochromatic
#1E4864 #2D6993 #3B8BC2 #69A7D1 #98C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71
#3B8BC2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66
#3B8BC2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BC2
5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3B8BC2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3B8BC21.003.715.665.66
#FFFFFF3.711.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6621.001.001.00
##0000005.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#728CC4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F7FC1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00999E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3b8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.114 242.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd4',
    500: '#3b8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3b8bc2;
$custom-light: #81acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3b8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61192,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3B8BC2
secondary
#CBA78E
accent
#864BDD
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0B1014
muted
#7C7F83

Preview Lab

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#3B8BC2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva