#3B8CCC#3B8CCC

#3B8CCC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.125 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CCC
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 204)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -3.56, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 40.30, 264.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.0513 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.125 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0766, 24.0432, 60.5923)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CCC #CC7B3B

analogous

#3BCCC4 #3B8CCC #3B44CC

triadic

#3B8CCC #CC3B8C #8CCC3B

tetradic

#3B8CCC #C43BCC #CC7B3B #44CC3B

square

#3B8CCC #C43BCC #CC7B3B #44CC3B

split-complementary

#3B8CCC #CC3B44 #CCC43B

monochromatic

#1D4B70 #2A6CA0 #3B8CCC #6CA8D9 #9CC5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#3B8CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#3B8CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CCC

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CCC	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.125 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82addc',
    500: '#3b8ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ccc;
$custom-light: #82addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.483,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61949,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CCC

secondary

#D1AE92

accent

#8B46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CCC

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

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