#3B8CDC#3B8CDC

#3B8CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.144 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8CDC
RGB	rgb(59, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 2.09, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 47.92, 272.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0469 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.144 251)
XYZ	xyz(24.0951, 24.8506, 71.2230)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8CDC #DC8B3B

analogous

#3BDCDC #3B8CDC #3B3BDC

triadic

#3B8CDC #DC3B8C #8CDC3B

tetradic

#3B8CDC #DC3BDC #DC8B3B #3BDC3B

square

#3B8CDC #DC3BDC #DC8B3B #3BDC3B

split-complementary

#3B8CDC #DC3B3B #DCDC3B

monochromatic

#184F85 #216DB9 #3B8CDC #6FAAE5 #A3C9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#3B8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#3B8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8CDC

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8CDC	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.144 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ade7',
    500: '#3b8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8cdc;
$custom-light: #85ade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.814,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62838,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.24853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8CDC

secondary

#DBB997

accent

#933BED

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8CDC

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

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