#3B8BCC#3B8BCC

#3B8BCC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.126 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BCC
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -2.98, -40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 40.71, 265.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0503 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.126 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9312, 23.7523, 60.5438)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BCC #CC7C3B

analogous

#3BCCC5 #3B8BCC #3B43CC

triadic

#3B8BCC #CC3B8B #8BCC3B

tetradic

#3B8BCC #C53BCC #CC7C3B #43CC3B

square

#3B8BCC #C53BCC #CC7C3B #43CC3B

split-complementary

#3B8BCC #CC3B43 #CCC53B

monochromatic

#1D4B70 #2A6BA0 #3B8BCC #6CA8D9 #9CC4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3B8BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3B8BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BCC

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BCC	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.126 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acdc',
    500: '#3b8bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bcc;
$custom-light: #82acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.897,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61719,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BCC

secondary

#D1AE92

accent

#8C46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BCC

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

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