#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
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -6.45, -35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 36.26, 259.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0534 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.114 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7701, 23.2878, 54.4288)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##3B8BC2	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3B8BC2

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

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