#3B8CC2#3B8CC2

#3B8CC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.113 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CC2
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -7.03, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 35.91, 258.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0544 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.113 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9156, 23.5787, 54.4773)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CC2 #C2713B

analogous

#3BC2B5 #3B8CC2 #3B48C2

triadic

#3B8CC2 #C23B8C #8CC23B

tetradic

#3B8CC2 #B53BC2 #C2713B #48C23B

square

#3B8CC2 #B53BC2 #C2713B #48C23B

split-complementary

#3B8CC2 #C23B48 #C2B53B

monochromatic

#1E4864 #2D6A93 #3B8CC2 #69A8D1 #98C3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3B8CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3B8CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CC2

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CC2	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.113 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add4',
    500: '#3b8cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cc2;
$custom-light: #81add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61426,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CC2

secondary

#CBA68E

accent

#854BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CC2

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

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