#3B8CB2#3B8CB2

#3B8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.097 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CB2
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -12.45, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 29.90, 245.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0598 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.097 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2144, 22.8983, 45.5180)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CB2 #B2613B

analogous

#3BB29D #3B8CB2 #3B51B2

triadic

#3B8CB2 #B23B8C #8CB23B

tetradic

#3B8CB2 #9D3BB2 #B2613B #51B23B

square

#3B8CB2 #9D3BB2 #B2613B #51B23B

split-complementary

#3B8CB2 #B23B51 #B29D3B

monochromatic

#1D4456 #2C6884 #3B8CB2 #60A8CA #8EC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3B8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3B8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CB2

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CB2	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.097 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc9',
    500: '#3b8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cb2;
$custom-light: #7eadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.16,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60644,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CB2

secondary

#C49985

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CB2

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

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