#3B8BC3#3B8BC3

#3B8BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.115 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BC3
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -6.11, -36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 36.69, 260.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.053 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.115 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8828, 23.3329, 55.0223)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BC3 #C3733B

analogous

#3BC3B7 #3B8BC3 #3B47C3

triadic

#3B8BC3 #C33B8B #8BC33B

tetradic

#3B8BC3 #B73BC3 #C3733B #47C33B

square

#3B8BC3 #B73BC3 #C3733B #47C33B

split-complementary

#3B8BC3 #C33B47 #C3B73B

monochromatic

#1F4865 #2D6A94 #3B8BC3 #69A7D2 #98C3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3B8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3B8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BC3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BC3	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.115 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd5',
    500: '#3b8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bc3;
$custom-light: #81acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61243,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BC3

secondary

#CCA78E

accent

#874BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BC3

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

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