#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
RGBrgb(59, 140, 212)
HSLhsl(208, 64%, 53%)
HSVhsv(208, 72%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(72.2%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(56.52, -0.74, -44.03)
CIE-LCHlch(56.52, 44.04, 269.03°)
OKLaboklab(62.39% -0.049 -0.125)
OKLCHoklch(62.39% 0.134 248.6)
XYZxyz(23.0609, 24.4369, 65.7760)
Luminance0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##3B8CD41.003.575.895.89
#FFFFFF3.571.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8921.001.001.00
##0000005.8921.001.001.00

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

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#3B8CD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva