#3B8BCA#3B8BCA

#3B8BCA is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.123 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BCA
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -3.68, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 39.79, 264.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0509 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.123 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6929, 23.6569, 59.2886)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BCA #CA7A3B

analogous

#3BCAC2 #3B8BCA #3B43CA

triadic

#3B8BCA #CA3B8B #8BCA3B

tetradic

#3B8BCA #C23BCA #CA7A3B #43CA3B

square

#3B8BCA #C23BCA #CA7A3B #43CA3B

split-complementary

#3B8BCA #CA3B43 #CAC23B

monochromatic

#1E4A6D #2B6B9D #3B8BCA #6BA8D7 #9BC4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3B8BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3B8BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BCA

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BCA	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.123 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acda',
    500: '#3b8bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bca;
$custom-light: #82acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.434,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61611,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BCA

secondary

#D0AD91

accent

#8B47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BCA

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

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