#3B8DB3#3B8DB3

#3B8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.097 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DB3
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -12.67, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 30.03, 245.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0605 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.097 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4620, 23.2322, 46.0977)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DB3 #B3613B

analogous

#3BB39D #3B8DB3 #3B51B3

triadic

#3B8DB3 #B33B8D #8DB33B

tetradic

#3B8DB3 #9D3BB3 #B3613B #51B33B

square

#3B8DB3 #9D3BB3 #B3613B #51B33B

split-complementary

#3B8DB3 #B33B51 #B39D3B

monochromatic

#1D4457 #2C6985 #3B8DB3 #60A9CB #8EC2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3B8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3B8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DB3

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DB3	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.097 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeca',
    500: '#3b8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8db3;
$custom-light: #7eaeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60931,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DB3

secondary

#C59985

accent

#7A4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DB3

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

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