#3B8DB2#3B8DB2

#3B8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.097 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DB2
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -13.00, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 29.72, 244.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0609 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.097 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3612, 23.1918, 45.5670)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DB2 #B2603B

analogous

#3BB29C #3B8DB2 #3B52B2

triadic

#3B8DB2 #B23B8D #8DB23B

tetradic

#3B8DB2 #9C3BB2 #B2603B #52B23B

square

#3B8DB2 #9C3BB2 #B2603B #52B23B

split-complementary

#3B8DB2 #B23B52 #B29C3B

monochromatic

#1D4456 #2C6984 #3B8DB2 #60A9CA #8EC2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3B8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3B8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DB2

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DB2	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.097 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec9',
    500: '#3b8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8db2;
$custom-light: #7eaec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60884,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DB2

secondary

#C49885

accent

#794EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DB2

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

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