#3B8CCA#3B8CCA

#3B8CCA is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.122 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CCA
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 202)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -4.26, -39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 39.39, 263.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0519 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.122 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8383, 23.9478, 59.3371)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CCA #CA793B

analogous

#3BCAC0 #3B8CCA #3B44CA

triadic

#3B8CCA #CA3B8C #8CCA3B

tetradic

#3B8CCA #C03BCA #CA793B #44CA3B

square

#3B8CCA #C03BCA #CA793B #44CA3B

split-complementary

#3B8CCA #CA3B44 #CAC03B

monochromatic

#1E4B6D #2B6C9D #3B8CCA #6BA8D7 #9BC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3B8CCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3B8CCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CCA

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CCA	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.122 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adda',
    500: '#3b8cca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cca;
$custom-light: #82adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.014,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.12237,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CCA

secondary

#D0AC91

accent

#8A47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CCA

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

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