#3B8CD4#3B8CD4

#3B8CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.134 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CD4
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, -0.74, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 44.04, 269.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.049 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.134 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0609, 24.4369, 65.7760)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CD4 #D4833B

analogous

#3BD4CF #3B8CD4 #3B3FD4

triadic

#3B8CD4 #D43B8C #8CD43B

tetradic

#3B8CD4 #CF3BD4 #D4833B #3FD43B

square

#3B8CD4 #CF3BD4 #D4833B #3FD43B

split-complementary

#3B8CD4 #D43B3F #D4CF3B

monochromatic

#1B4D7A #266DAC #3B8CD4 #6DA9DF #9FC7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3B8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#3B8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CD4

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CD4	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.134 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ade1',
    500: '#3b8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cd4;
$custom-light: #84ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62386,
    "c": 0.13429,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CD4

secondary

#D6B394

accent

#8F41E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CD4

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

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