#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
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -4.72, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 38.44, 262.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0518 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.12 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3411, 23.5162, 57.4361)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##3B8BC7	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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