#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
RGBrgb(59, 139, 202)
HSLhsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(206, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(55.74, -3.68, -39.62)
CIE-LCHlch(55.74, 39.79, 264.70°)
OKLaboklab(61.61% -0.0509 -0.1122)
OKLCHoklch(61.61% 0.123 245.6)
XYZxyz(21.6929, 23.6569, 59.2886)
Luminance0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##3B8BCA1.003.665.735.73
#FFFFFF3.661.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7321.001.001.00
##0000005.7321.001.001.00

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

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#3B8BCA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva