#3B8CC5#3B8CC5

#3B8CC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.117 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CC5
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -5.99, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 37.19, 260.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0534 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.117 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2559, 23.7149, 56.2697)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CC5 #C5743B

analogous

#3BC5B9 #3B8CC5 #3B47C5

triadic

#3B8CC5 #C53B8C #8CC53B

tetradic

#3B8CC5 #B93BC5 #C5743B #47C53B

square

#3B8CC5 #B93BC5 #C5743B #47C53B

split-complementary

#3B8CC5 #C53B47 #C5B93B

monochromatic

#1F4967 #2C6B96 #3B8CC5 #6AA8D3 #99C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3B8CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3B8CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CC5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CC5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.117 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add7',
    500: '#3b8cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cc5;
$custom-light: #81add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6158,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CC5

secondary

#CDA98F

accent

#874ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CC5

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

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