#3B8CC7#3B8CC7

#3B8CC7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.119 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CC7
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 199)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -5.30, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 38.06, 261.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0528 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.119 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4866, 23.8071, 57.4846)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CC7 #C7763B

analogous

#3BC7BC #3B8CC7 #3B46C7

triadic

#3B8CC7 #C73B8C #8CC73B

tetradic

#3B8CC7 #BC3BC7 #C7763B #46C73B

square

#3B8CC7 #BC3BC7 #C7763B #46C73B

split-complementary

#3B8CC7 #C73B46 #C7BC3B

monochromatic

#1E4A69 #2C6B99 #3B8CC7 #6BA8D5 #9AC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3B8CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#3B8CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CC7

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CC7	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.119 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81add8',
    500: '#3b8cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cc7;
$custom-light: #81add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61684,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CC7

secondary

#CEAA90

accent

#8849DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CC7

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

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