#3B8BC7#3B8BC7

#3B8BC7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.120 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3B8BC7
RGBrgb(59, 139, 199)
HSLhsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(206, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(55.60, -4.72, -38.15)
CIE-LCHlch(55.60, 38.44, 262.94°)
OKLaboklab(61.45% -0.0518 -0.1079)
OKLCHoklch(61.45% 0.12 244.4)
XYZxyz(21.3411, 23.5162, 57.4361)
Luminance0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3B8BC7 #C7773B
analogous
#3BC7BD #3B8BC7 #3B45C7
triadic
#3B8BC7 #C73B8B #8BC73B
tetradic
#3B8BC7 #BD3BC7 #C7773B #45C73B
square
#3B8BC7 #BD3BC7 #C7773B #45C73B
split-complementary
#3B8BC7 #C73B45 #C7BD3B
monochromatic
#1E4969 #2C6A99 #3B8BC7 #6BA7D5 #9AC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68
#3B8BC7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70
#3B8BC7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BC7
5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3B8BC7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3B8BC71.003.685.705.70
#FFFFFF3.681.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7021.001.001.00
##0000005.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#708DCA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C7FC6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009AA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3b8bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.120 244.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd8',
    500: '#3b8bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3b8bc7;
$custom-light: #81acd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3b8bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61452,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3B8BC7
secondary
#CEAA90
accent
#8949DF
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0C1014
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BC7

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#3B8BC7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva