#3B8DAE#3B8DAE

#3B8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.093 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DAE
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -14.32, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 28.54, 239.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0624 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.093 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9655, 23.0335, 43.4826)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DAE #AE5C3B

analogous

#3BAE95 #3B8DAE #3B54AE

triadic

#3B8DAE #AE3B8D #8DAE3B

tetradic

#3B8DAE #953BAE #AE5C3B #54AE3B

square

#3B8DAE #953BAE #AE5C3B #54AE3B

split-complementary

#3B8DAE #AE3B54 #AE953B

monochromatic

#1C4353 #2C6880 #3B8DAE #5EAAC8 #8CC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3B8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3B8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DAE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DAE	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.093 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec6',
    500: '#3b8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dae;
$custom-light: #7eaec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60701,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DAE

secondary

#C29582

accent

#774FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DAE

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

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