#3B8DB5#3B8DB5

#3B8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.099 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DB5
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -12.00, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 30.69, 246.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0598 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.099 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6657, 23.3136, 47.1707)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DB5 #B5633B

analogous

#3BB5A0 #3B8DB5 #3B50B5

triadic

#3B8DB5 #B53B8D #8DB53B

tetradic

#3B8DB5 #A03BB5 #B5633B #50B53B

square

#3B8DB5 #A03BB5 #B5633B #50B53B

split-complementary

#3B8DB5 #B53B50 #B5A03B

monochromatic

#1D4559 #2C6987 #3B8DB5 #62A9CC #90C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3B8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3B8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DB5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DB5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.099 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faecb',
    500: '#3b8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8db5;
$custom-light: #7faecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61025,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DB5

secondary

#C69B86

accent

#7C4DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DB5

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

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