#3B8BCE#3B8BCE

#3B8BCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.128 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8BCE
RGB	rgb(59, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -2.27, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 41.64, 266.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0497 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.128 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1726, 23.8488, 61.8153)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8BCE #CE7E3B

analogous

#3BCEC8 #3B8BCE #3B42CE

triadic

#3B8BCE #CE3B8B #8BCE3B

tetradic

#3B8BCE #C83BCE #CE7E3B #42CE3B

square

#3B8BCE #C83BCE #CE7E3B #42CE3B

split-complementary

#3B8BCE #CE3B42 #CEC83B

monochromatic

#1D4B72 #296BA3 #3B8BCE #6CA8DA #9DC5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3B8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#3B8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8BCE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8BCE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.128 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acdd',
    500: '#3b8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8bce;
$custom-light: #83acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.347,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61827,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8BCE

secondary

#D3B092

accent

#8D45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8BCE

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

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