#3B8CD6#3B8CD6

#3B8CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.137 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CD6
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -0.04, -45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 45.00, 269.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0485 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.137 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3147, 24.5384, 67.1129)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CD6 #D6853B

analogous

#3BD6D2 #3B8CD6 #3B3ED6

triadic

#3B8CD6 #D63B8C #8CD63B

tetradic

#3B8CD6 #D23BD6 #D6853B #3ED63B

square

#3B8CD6 #D23BD6 #D6853B #3ED63B

split-complementary

#3B8CD6 #D63B3E #D6D23B

monochromatic

#1A4E7D #256DAF #3B8CD6 #6EAAE1 #A0C7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3B8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#3B8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CD6

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CD6	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.137 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ade3',
    500: '#3b8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cd6;
$custom-light: #84ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.645,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62497,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CD6

secondary

#D8B595

accent

#903FE8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CD6

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

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