#3B8DAD#3B8DAD

#3B8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.092 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DAD
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -14.65, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 28.26, 238.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0628 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.092 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8683, 22.9947, 42.9711)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DAD #AD5B3B

analogous

#3BAD94 #3B8DAD #3B54AD

triadic

#3B8DAD #AD3B8D #8DAD3B

tetradic

#3B8DAD #943BAD #AD5B3B #54AD3B

square

#3B8DAD #943BAD #AD5B3B #54AD3B

split-complementary

#3B8DAD #AD3B54 #AD943B

monochromatic

#1C4352 #2B687F #3B8DAD #5DAAC8 #8BC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3B8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3B8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DAD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DAD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.092 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec5',
    500: '#3b8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dad;
$custom-light: #7eaec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.842,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60656,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DAD

secondary

#C29482

accent

#764FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DAD

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

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