#3B8CD2#3B8CD2

#3B8CD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.132 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CD2
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(208, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -1.45, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 43.09, 268.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0495 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.132 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8102, 24.3366, 64.4555)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CD2 #D2813B

analogous

#3BD2CD #3B8CD2 #3B40D2

triadic

#3B8CD2 #D23B8C #8CD23B

tetradic

#3B8CD2 #CD3BD2 #D2813B #40D23B

square

#3B8CD2 #CD3BD2 #D2813B #40D23B

split-complementary

#3B8CD2 #D23B40 #D2CD3B

monochromatic

#1B4D77 #276DA9 #3B8CD2 #6DA9DD #9FC6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3B8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#3B8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CD2

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CD2	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.132 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ade0',
    500: '#3b8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cd2;
$custom-light: #83ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.815,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62275,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CD2

secondary

#D5B294

accent

#8E42E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CD2

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

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